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Digital resources
The Society has digitised thousands of its scientific illustrations, photographs, manuscripts and books. Explore our collections through a range of platforms freely available online for public access.
Science in the making
Browse through over 30,000 manuscripts from our archival collections connected with the journals published by the Royal Society since 1665.
Turning the pages
Our gallery of digital replicas showcases some of the important and beautiful books and manuscripts in our collection based on Turning the Pages, an innovative 3-D technology.
Picture library
Search our picture library, an image database drawn from the visual resources of the Society’s collections. Images are available to licence for editorial or commercial reproduction through the website or offline.
For framed prints, canvases and cards, please visit the Royal Society print shop.
Google Art & Culture
The Royal Society partners with Google to provide people all over the world access to our collections. View virtual exhibits and learn about portraits, objects, books and manuscripts which made science.
History of science blog
The Royal Society’s history of science blog posts feature updates from the collections team and guests.
Philosophical Transactions
Since the first issue of Philosophical Transactions was published by the Secretary of the Royal Society, in 1665, it has covered some of the most fundamental and significant discoveries in scientific history.
The Wolfson Foundation archive
The Wolfson Foundation is a charity, founded in 1955, that awards grants to support and promote excellence in the fields of science and medicine, the arts and humanities, education and health and disability. In celebration of the Foundation’s many contributions to science, and its other areas of activity, the Royal Society presents a selection of stories and documents from the Foundation’s archive.