The Grand Tour
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Join us for Archives and Special Collections' new exhibition, The Grand Tour, which explores the cultural right-of-passage undertaken across the Italian Peninsula by, predominately, young British upper-class men during the eighteenth century. The exhibition brings together a select group of artworks, archives and artefacts from the University’s collections to illustrate a sprawling topic that holds a multitude of contemporary complexities. Presenting material layered with 500 years of imaginative and myopic visions, the exhibition frames the Grand Tour from an historical perspective, showing us how it appeared − and was presented back − to those who participated in it. Interpreting this imagery today gives us the opportunity to comprehend the profound and long-lasting global impact the Grand Tour had on the development of European cultural paradigms and institutions.
Where: Noel Shaw Gallery, Level 1 Baillieu Library, Professors Walk, University of Melbourne.
Gallery Hours: weekdays 9am - 6pm; weekends 11am - 5pm.
Entry: free.