Archives
Reopening Autumn 2021
RCS England Archives is currently closed while we move our
collections into the new College building.
Enquiries
Until late September it will not possible for the archives
team to respond to research requests or collections-related enquiries or to
undertake family history searches.
We will continue to respond to requests for
images and permissions to publish providing we already hold the images. We are
unable to offer a copying service during the closure period.
Research
Our reading room service at London Metropolitan Archives
(LMA) will end on 30 June 2021.
All remaining appointments have been filled so
we regret that we are unable to take further bookings.
Our new reading room will open at the Royal College of
Surgeons building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in autumn 2021. Research access to our
physical archive collections will not be possible until then.
Online search facilities are available through our online catalogue 'Surgicat' which covers all RCS England's museums and archives holdings: http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/
We look forward to welcoming you to our new reading room in
the Autumn.
Important changes to archives services 2017–21
Following the closure of the College building in 2017 for redevelopment, we are now preparing to move our archive collections back to RCS from our temporary home at London Metropolitan Archives. To allow archives staff to undertake key collections management work for the move, most archive services are suspended until Autumn 2021 when we will reopen in our new Research Room in the new College building.
Institutional Archives
As well as documenting the aims, objectives, and achievements of the College, the institutional archives offer a unique glimpse into the people and events which have shaped the College’s history.
Deposited Collections
The College's collection of deposited archives and manuscripts contains a unique and diverse variety of material relating to medicine and surgery from the 16th to 20th century.
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Archives, Library and Hunterian Museum results are available on Surgicat+ below.
Get in touch
To make an appointment, please contact us via the details below.
Email archives@rcseng.ac.uk
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Telephone
Tel: (0)207 869 6520/6509