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: The Apprehensive Man
Toronto's Apprehensive Man sculpture marks the arrival of thousands of starving Irish migrants in 1847
Watch our new Age of Revolution animation
See our fantastic new animaton made with primary school pupils.
Join the Maker Revolution
A new opportunity for schools responding to the theme of ‘Revolution’.
Events
Tidy parlours and ‘manly’ wallpaper: Home-making in the British Indian Army
Join curator Holly Winter as she explores the role of home-making in the British Indian Army of the 19th century.
28/06/2019
The Young Turner: Ambitions in Architecture and the Art of Perspective
An illuminating exhibition of a rarely-seen period in JMW Turner’s works: his early interest in architecture and typographical scenes.
04/05/2019 to 06/07/2019
Madame de Pompadour in the Frame
This exhibition will shine a spotlight on how technology is being used to enhance our understanding of art history.
23/05/2019 to 27/10/2019
Austen on the Cheap
Inexpensive nineteenth-century reprints helped make Jane Austen canonical, yet many early lowbrow versions of her novels remain unrecorded and unstudied.
29/06/2019