Archives
Reopening December 2021
RCS England archives services are currently disrupted while we move our collections into the new College building.
Enquiries
Archives staff are currently assisting with Library collections moves so there is likely to be a delay in our response to emails. During October, enquiries that require staff to check original sources, including family history searches and supply of copies, may take several weeks.
Research
We are currently closed to researchers. Our new reading room is due to open at The Royal College of Surgeons building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in December 2021.
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 December.
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 December 2021 when we will reopen in our new 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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Search the catalogue
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