Led by our Collections team, these daytime courses and showcases offer the ideal way learn more about and see highlights of the Society’s unique Collections.
Showcases
Held on particular areas of the Society's collections, these give members and the public the opportunity to learn and experience the collections at first hand, as well as online.
Recent showcases have been held on the following topics:
- Antarctic exploration
- India during the British Raj
- The search for the source of the Nile
- Mapping Britain showcase
- The Search for the Northwest Passage (available online)
- Desert Exploration (available online)
- Lantern slide show: 'A Journey in Western Sze-Chuan'
- The History of 1, Kensington Gore
Be Inspired!
A new series of Collections-specific, monthly afternoon talks, given by speakers who have used the collections to inspire their writing, travel or personal researches.
The talks are indented to kindle interest from members and non-members alike in using our rich resources for their own projects.
Recent Be Inspired! talks have included:
- The Second Arctic Expedition of John Ross in search of the Northwest Passage, Professor Glyn Williams
- An introduction to early mountaineering cinematography, Jan Faull (BFI National Archive)
- Visions of the Iraqi Marshes:The travels of Wilfred Thesiger and Gavin Young, Alexander Maitland
- 'Knowing the Libyan Desert': Investigating the cultures of desert exploration through the archives of W. J. Harding-King, Dr Nicola J Thomas, School of Geography, University of Exeter
- Travel Planning using the Collections, by David Lyon, FRGS
- A Photographer’s Life: the work of Captain John Noel, by Sandra Noel, FRGS