Collections

Please check our opening hours before planning your visit.

Learn more about how we support research in the history of science.

Use our catalogues to search our collections for printed or archival material and browse through our database of past Fellows.

Buy prints, canvases and cards of your favourite images from the Royal Society's library and archives.

The Royal Society’s history of science blogposts feature updates and insights from the collections team and guests.

Digital resources

Google Arts & Culture

Discover our digital exhibits on Google Arts & Culture.

Turning the pages

Leaf through the digital replicas of some of our treasures.

Picture library

Explore over 10,000 high resolution images hand-picked from our historic collections.

Science in the making

Browse the archival material connected with the journals published by the Royal Society.

The Wolfson Foundation archive

Read a selection of stories and documents from the Wolfson Foundation’s archive.

The Philosophical Transactions

Search through over 350 years of the scientific journal of the Royal Society.

See all

History of science

Rupert Baker

21 March 2023

5 min read

History of science

Jon Bushell

14 March 2023

6 min read

History of science

Dr Stella Butler

08 March 2023

5 min read

An Expected Comet (feat. Adam Savage) - Objectivity 269

07 February 2023

Maps of the Underground - Objectivity 268

24 January 2023

The Whistle Collector - Objectivity 267

22 December 2022