Revolutionary Objects
Delve into our collection of artworks, objects and archive materials about events, people and ideas that shaped our modern world
Revolutionary Themes
Explore the Age of Revolution by theme - from war and the international order through social, cultural, political, economic and technological revolutions
About us - our project, team and partners
Find out about the people and organisations behind this web resource and our wider work.
Revolutionary Collection: Jeremiah Brandreth Pot
How Jeremiah Brandreth and two others lost their heads in a Derbyshire uprising.
The search for descendants of Peterloo
Researchers are trying to connect the people of the Peterloo Masacre with people of today.
The Age of Revolution Across the Web
How the Age of Revolution is being reported and blogged across the web.
Events
Tuesday Treasure: Dante in translation
Go on a journey through the afterlife with Dante Alighieri in March’s Tuesday Treasure.
12/03/2019
Afternoon Poems: London in Verse
Join the Keats House Poetry Ambassadors for a reading in which they explore one of the greatest cities on Earth.
10/03/2019
Talk: Culture Shock: Travellers in Search of the Arts in Eighteenth-Century Northern Europe
With Dr Harry Mount, as part of the Whigs, Powder and Paint series
05/03/2019
Art Treasures of TAMESIDE
To mark 250 years of the Royal Academy of Arts this exhibition showcases the work of some of Britain’s most eminent artists in the Astley Cheetham Collection.
17/11/2018 to 31/03/2019