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: Anti-slavery sugar bowl
One of the ways British people tried to challenge slavery, was to stop buying sugar.
Dents and Diseases - Napoleon's Health
Mick Crumplin's latest blog is a 'wee synopsis' of Bonaparte's wounds and health.
Unique Napoleonic chapel saved from ruin
An unusual Georgian Chapel which began life as part of a Napoleonic era barracks has been restored in Surrey
Events
Radical Landscapes: Pre-Raphaelites and Their French Contemporaries
This exhibition features the landscape paintings of Pre-Raphaelites painters such as Ford Madox Brown, William Homan Hunt and John Everett Millais.
28/03/2019 to 09/06/2019
Keats House Poets: Deanna Rodger’s Performance
Join Deanna Roger as she shares some new writing and ideas around process. She will be joined by a special guest and host an open mic; with sign-up from 1.45pm.
Supported by the Keats Foundation
27/01/2019
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
North: The industrial revolution and the British Isles – The Paul Mellon lectures
From wild and dramatic mountains to smoke-filled cities, how did late 18th- and 19th-century artists represent the north?
21/01/2019