Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
16-18 Queen Square
Bath
Somerset
BA1 2HP
England
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Telephone
01225 312 084
Fax
01225 442460
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The Institution was founded in 1824 with the aim of furthering "the advancement of literature, science and art". It received its Royal Charter in 1837 and rapidly acquired a prestigious reputation, particularly in scientific circles.
The Institution had amongst its members pioneers who amassed collections of international importance. Geology, natural history and ethnology are particularly well represented.
Venue Type:
Science centre, Association or society
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Personalities
Key artists and exhibits
- Erasmus Darwin
- John Evelyn
- John Gerard
- Thomas Johnston
- Thomas Martyn
- John Ray
- Agassiz
- Bonnet
- Cuvier
- De Candolle
- Elias Fries
- Lamarck
- Linnaeus
- House of Commons and House of Lords Journals
- reprints of Domesday Book
- Rotuli Hundredorum
- Valor Ecclesiasticus
- reports of the Poor Law and Health of Towns Commissioners
- Woodfall's and Hansard's 'Parliamentary Debates'
- William Cobbett's 'State Trials'
- early calotypes by Francis Lockey
- Leonard Jenyns correspondance with Charles Darwin, William Jackson Hooker, Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Stephens Henslow
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