About our Collections

Find out more about the vast collection of items we hold.

Search our Collections

Find what you are looking for with our online and offline services.

Online exhibitions

Get immersed in the stories behind our Collections from the comfort of your home.

Picture Library

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.

Visit the Foyle Reading Room

Plan a visit to the Foyle Reading Room to consult and research items in our Collections.

Support the Collections

Support our Collections by buying prints, donating items or becoming a member of the Society.

Research on the Collections

We actively support and enable research on the Society's Collections and welcome approaches for new collaborations and partnerships.

Wiley Digital Archive

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.

Upcoming Collections events

EVC update workshop

[In-person] This course gives trained EVCs the opportunity to revalidate while looking at current issues and sharing good practice.

Earth Photo exhibition

[In-person] Visit the Society this summer to see a stunning selection of shortlisted still and moving images across all genres, telling powerful stories about our planet, its inhabitants and lands, its beauty and power, and its fragility through the impacts of climate change.

Earth Photo 2023 awards ceremony and panel discussion

[In-person and online] Join us to celebrate the best international photography and film selected from the Earth Photo 2023 open call, featuring a stellar line up of international industry experts.

Chartered Geographer Assessor Forum

[In-person and online] Members of the Chartered Geographer Assessors Committees are invited to attend the forum to discuss best practice, feedback and their perspectives regarding professional accreditation and assessing.

Supporting our Collections

Our Collections are supported by Rolex.