Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society supports conservation & scholarship related to material culture; & manages a library, museum & Kelmscott Manor—former home of William Morris.
The Society is a registered charity (no. 207237) and the oldest learned society in Britain (founded in 1707). At Burlington House, it manages a research library, museum, and various event programmes. In Oxfordshire, it manages Kelmscott Manor, a historic property open to the public April through October.
The Society of Antiquaries of London focuses on the 'encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'. It supports an elected Fellowship of 3,000 academics, professionals, researchers, scholars and others working with material culture. It also supports conservation and grant programmes, a Public Lecture Series, an academic lecture series for Fellows, and a conference and seminar programme. It manages an important research library and a museum at Burlington House as well as a historic property, Kelsmcott Manor in Oxfordshire, that was the former Cotswold retreat for William Morris and his family.
Mission: 'The encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries’, The Society of Antiquaries of London, by Royal Charter, 1751.
Operating as usual