‘The encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries’.The Society of Antiquaries of London, by Royal Charter, 1751.
Notices
The spring (January to May 2012) lecture programme is underway with a wide range of subjects covered - from recent archaeological discoveries at Westminster Abbey to the causewayed enclosures of southern Britain and Ireland.
We are delighted to welcome nine new Fellows to the Society. For a list and summary of their contribution to the aims of the Society, click here.
Venue Hire
For your meetings, working lunches and conferences in grand surroundings
Library Catalogue
Containing books, offprints, ephemeral publications, periodical titles and more than 2,000 articles.
Making History
The Society's touring exhibition explores three hundred years of antiquaries in Britain.
Kelmscott Manor
For twenty-five years the country home of William Morris, poet, craftsman and socialist.
Society treasures on display in USA
Treasures from the Society's collections are thrilling American audiences in their current tour of the United States.
The exhibition Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, opened to great acclaim at the Yale Center for British Art on 2 February 2012. It will show there until 27 May.
Conservation
There are still several significant paintings in the Society’s collection that need Conservation. The most urgent of these is an important panel portrait of the antiquary William Burton (1575-1645), author of ‘The Description of Leicestershire’, first published in 1622.
Painted in 1604, the portrait is the earliest surviving likeness of him, but is currently too fragile to display.
The Fellowship
The Society has a membership of some 2,900 Fellows who are experts in their chosen fields within the heritage sector. Read here about the extraordinary life of the eminent prehistorian John Evans.
The latest edition of SALON has news of what's happening in the heritage world. A list of newly elected Fellows can be found in the News & Events section.
Research
Ours is the oldest archaeological Library in the country. It holds an outstanding collection of British county histories, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century books on the antiquities of Britain and other countries, and a large collection of periodical titles.
A number of grants to support the cost of research and travel are available to students, researchers and scholars.