Exhibition: the Bretons and money

The Musée de Bretagne presented the exhib­ition “the Bretons and money” until October 30^th 2011, in Rennes.

Con­fer­ences, debates, pro­jec­tions, tale-​​reading, guided visits: the exhib­ition was organized around seven thematic areas which ana­lyzed the daily life of Bretons throughout the his­torical role of money, savings and trade since the Ancien Regime.

This ret­ro­spective started with the 15^th and 16^th cen­turies, at the time of the cloth-​​traders’ fin­ancial success.

Over 300 objects were presented. The daily use of money in the family, at the village, within pro­fes­sional rela­tion­ships or towards insti­tu­tions (with the taxes, the funds col­lected for par­ishes, etc.) was explained to the visitor.

For more inform­ation on the exhib­ition, please refer to the Musée de Bretagne’s website.