Archives
Welcome Back
We are delighted to announce that our Library & Archives Research Room at our Lincoln’s Inn Fields home will be re-opening on 7 December.
The Research Room is open to anyone wishing to use the archive collections. Booking is essential and please allow at least five working days to arrange your visit so we can ensure material is available. We have limited appointments available before Christmas, then from 10 January opening hours will be 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday to Thursday.
We are happy to answer any questions about what we hold in the archives and to undertake catalogue and index searches for you. Please email us at archives@rcseng.ac.uk.
Read an introduction to our collections here. Online search facilities are available through our online catalogue, SurgiCat, which covers all RCS England's museums and archives holdings.
Important changes to archives services 2017–21
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
Thank you for contacting the Archives at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
We endeavour to acknowledge all enquiries within five working days. Please note that we require at least five full workings days’ notice to make an appointment and that sometimes it may not possible to make appointments on the day/s requested.
Any correspondence with us will be kept in a database to assist us in answering future enquiries. Please let us know if you would prefer your enquiry to be deleted from this record.
Telephone
Tel: (0)207 869 6520/6509