Notices

  • Summer closure: the Society's apartments and library are now closed for the summer break and will reopen on 6 September 2010 at 10am. During this time Library staff will reply to email and telephone enquiries, although responses may not be as prompt as usual.
  • Fellows' visit to the Bodleian Library, 11 September 2010: the email address for booking places on this visit was given incorrectly in Salon. The correct email address is admin@sal.org.uk
  • The Society's rooms at Burlington House will be open to the public between 1pm-5pm (last entry 4.45pm) on Saturday 18 September 2010 as part of the Open House London weekend. Further details can be found on the Open House website; here is a fact sheet describing the building.
  • The calendar of weekly meetings for the period October to December 2010 has now been posted.
  • Breaking the Mould: during the 'Story of London Festival', the national learned and scientific societies that share Burlington House, Piccadilly, are hosting a series of lectures between 1 and 8 October on their contribution to innovation in the arts, humanities and sciences over 300 years and on their continuing contribution to the intellectual and cultural landscape of London. Full details can be found on the Burlington House website.

View our Collections

Exhibition posterThe Society's travelling exhibition, Making History: 300 years of antiquaries in Britain, has now completed its tour of regional museums, but a full record can be seen on the 'Making History' website, which has images and detailed notes on all the exhibits. The website also allows you to explore our interactive timeline of 'Making History Milestones', and unwrap the 15th-century Roll Chronicle that was one of the major features of the exhibition. 'Making History' is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Supporting the Society

Making History brochureAs we enter our fourth century, we cannot continue to make history alone. If you are considering pledging your support to the nation’s antiquities, to conservation and restoration, to the legacy of William Morris, and to programmes helping young and adult learners better appreciate the past, then please pay a visit the Society’s new Support Us pages and discover how you can make a difference.


SALON

Stonehenge April 2008 (2)Read SALON (the Society of Antiquaries of London's Online Newsletter) for the latest heritage news, including  the future for ‘arm’s length bodies’, the Select Committee Inquiry into the Funding of the Arts and Heritage, more HLF money for ‘major transformational projects’, World Heritage decisions and Fellow Peter Fowler's letter to the Guardian, 'Astronomy and World Heritage' thematic study, Australia’s earliest contact rock art discovered, evidence of humans in the Philippines 67,000 years ago, HMS Investigator found in the Arctic, the Stone Age seafarers of the Mediterranean, the most north-westerly Roman villa in Wales, the Caerleon dig and cattle skulls, painted plaster, henges and carved stones — a bonanza summer for Neolithic discoveries.