Leave a gift in your will
When the time is right to remember a charity in your will, remember the Society.
You can gift an item, money or a share, percentage, or fraction of an estate. Every gift in every will, however large or small, makes a difference.
Donate an item
We hold monographs, journals, photographs, artwork, maps, atlases, globes, artefacts and manuscripts.
Our Principal Librarian, Eugene Rae, considers all potential donations to these holdings. For more information on our collecting policy, please contact him via email at enquiries@rgs.org
Sponsor conservation
We have an ongoing programme to preserve our Collections. If you would like to make a donation towards conservation activities, or sponsor the conservation of a specific item, please contact our Deputy Librarian Jan Turner at enquiries@rgs.org
How to leave a gift to the Society in your will
Do you know you can just phone your solicitor with a charity’s name and registered charity number?
It can be done in minutes:
- Charity name: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
- Registered charity number: 208791
For an informal and confidential discussion about how to support the Society through a gift in will legacy gift, please contact Christine Quigley (née James) via phone on +44 (0)20 7591 3007 or email development@rgs.org
Work made possible through donations from legacy gifts
Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize
Our annual Prize recognises outstanding achievement in the pursuit of geographical research, with a particular emphasis on wildlife conservation and environmental research studies.
John Linton Palmer Rapa Nui album
Open the recently restored travel album from naval historian John Linton Palmer, which enhances our understanding of the visual culture of global maritime exploration.