Exhibitions | Cityscapes 
CITYSCAPES
Panoramic Views on Coins and Medals
27 April 2012 – 6 October 2013
Coin Gallery
The world in miniature – its churches, citadels, fortifications, harbours, civic buildings, houses and suburbs – is explored in this absorbing exhibition, the third in a series of shows organised in collaboration with the British Museum.
Celebrating the built and cultural heritage of early modern European cities through the most circulated art medium – coins and medals – it focuses on the 16th to the 18th century, when many of the great cities of Europe applied the artistic tradition of the city view to their currency.
In a world dominated by dynasties and kings, the leaders of those cities used their silver and gold coinages to reflect urban pride and civic power. Wonderfully intricate images were created with exquisite skill by engravers working without modern inventions such as the reducing machine. The exhibition is accompanied by a full programme of educational and music activities, lectures and gallery talks and an international conference.