Marking Time: Objects in Early Modern History
During the early modern period, people’s relationship with the concept of time and their personal experience of it underwent a series of revolutions –…
Material Culture
Marking Time: Objects, People & Their Lives, 1500-1800
How do we measure the days of our lives? Through more than 450 objects from an extraordinary private collection of fine and decorative artworks,…
Fur: A Sensitive History
Fur has built nations, decimated species, subjugated communities and driven fashion. It has inspired great works of art, created fortunes, demarcated society and has…
Sultans of Deccan India: Opulence and Fantasy
During the 16th and 17th centuries the courts of Deccan India were some of the most splendorous and widely admired in the world. Traders from far-reaching…