Room hire

Since 1875 the Society has held its meetings and carried out its charitable objectives from its splendid apartments in Burlington House, which houses its magnificent collections including the country's leading archaeological library. Most rooms are decorated in period style and many have beautiful bookcases, antiquities, historic portraits and important works of art as a backdrop.

Organisations with similar interests and purpose to the Society frequently hold their meetings and conferences at Burlington House and the Society is keen to welcome other groups from the cultural heritage sector and beyond to share our unique facilities.

Our suite of meeting rooms is adaptable to different combinations or uses, and is ideally suited to seminars or conferences where a main room and break-out rooms are required, or a lecture theatre and separate reception areas for lunches and refreshment breaks. Alternatively, the rooms provide a refreshingly different but inspiring setting for board or committee meetings, think-tanks, brain-storming sessions or product launches. Just let us know what you require and we will do our best to accommodate it.

We provide a high quality personal service at reasonable rates in central London, and we have special rates for charities.

Regular clients include the BBC, The British Library, English Heritage, the William Morris Society, the Venice in Peril Fund, The Royal Archaeological Institute, The British Archaeological Association, The Royal Academy, The Royal Astronomical Society, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Asia House, the Victorian Society, the Britain-Nepal Society, the Daniel Katz Gallery, Diverse Films, Art Pursuits, Seiguy Films, Maney Publishing and numerous heritage sector committees and working groups.

Contact us

Room hire rates are available here (Word file, 502 KB), along with a booking form (Word file 490 KB) and room hire policy guide (Word file 68 KB), plus a selection of menus from our in-house catering service (Word file 50 KB). For further details please call the Society on tel: 020 7479 7080.