With over two million items, our Collections provide an unparalleled resource tracing 500 years of geographical discovery and research.
Find out more about the vast collection of items we hold.
Find what you are looking for with our online and offline services.
Get immersed in the stories behind our Collections from the comfort of your home.
Our Picture Library is one of the world's finest collections of photography and artworks, recording over 200 years of travel, people, place and geographical discovery.
Plan a visit to the Foyle Reading Room to consult and research items in our Collections.
Support our Collections by buying prints, donating items or becoming a member of the Society.
We actively support and enable research on the Society's Collections and welcome approaches for new collaborations and partnerships.
A digitisation project enabling hundreds of thousands of items from our Collections to be digitised, allowing access to wider audiences in order to support teaching and learning.
[In-person and online] Awed by her achievement and shocked by its present-day obscurity, author Rosemary J Brown re-traced Nellie Bly’s global journey 125 years later to get her ‘back on the map'.
[In-person and online] An informal evening of short illustrated talks packed with tales of geographical adventure and discovery to entertain and inspire.
[Online] Our June Professional insights webinar will explore data science and how these techniques are bringing insights to geographical practice.
[Online] A four-week accelerator for those eligible for Chartered Geographer to focus your efforts in preparing your application portfolio.
Our Collections are supported by Rolex.
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