South West in the Tudor Age

West Country to World’s End: the South West in the Tudor Age

Event Date: 
29/01/2014 - 3:15pm to 02/03/2014 - 3:15pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Celebrating the spirit of adventure and enterprise of South West people, this landmark exhibition explores the West Country in the age of the Tudors. Comprising loans from the Bodleian Library, British Library, BritishMuseum, National Portrait Gallery, National Trust, Royal Collection, Royal Museums Greenwich, Victoria & AlbertMuseum and private lenders, it will present a compelling account of the remarkable contributions of individuals from the South West from 1540 to 1620.

During the Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ West Country folk were famed for their innovation and endeavour....