The flag is up! Signaling the imminent opening of #MagnaCarta1225 next Wednesday, we look forward to seeing you all there. www.sal.org.uk/event/magnac...
July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The flag is up! Signaling the imminent opening of #MagnaCarta1225 next Wednesday, we look forward to seeing you all there. www.sal.org.uk/event/magnac...
To see this significant document, visit our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 from Wednesdays to Fridays until 19 September.
August 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
To see this significant document, visit our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 from Wednesdays to Fridays until 19 September.
It's install week for #MagnaCarta1225 and an array of manuscripts, books and museum items are being readied ahead of next week's opening on Wednesday!
July 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's install week for #MagnaCarta1225 and an array of manuscripts, books and museum items are being readied ahead of next week's opening on Wednesday!
The last day this majestic flag will be flying for #MagnaCarta1225. You have two hours left to visit!
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The last day this majestic flag will be flying for #MagnaCarta1225. You have two hours left to visit!
When you visit #MagnaCarta1225 not only can you see our collections but you can see unique and beautiful artworks by Dan Llywelyn Hall.
July 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When you visit #MagnaCarta1225 not only can you see our collections but you can see unique and beautiful artworks by Dan Llywelyn Hall.
Next Friday 31 Jan, 1pm GMT: Nicholas Vincent on 'Magna Carta: New Discoveries'. Part of @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #MagnaCarta1225 events. Weston Library lecture theatre, or hybrid via Zoom: free booking visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jan25/...
Magna Carta talks
Join us for a series of talks about Magna Carta
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January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Next Friday 31 Jan, 1pm GMT: Nicholas Vincent on 'Magna Carta: New Discoveries'. Part of @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #MagnaCarta1225 events. Weston Library lecture theatre, or hybrid via Zoom: free booking visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jan25/...
Find out more about the history and impact of Magna Carta in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 on until 19 September.
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Find out more about the history and impact of Magna Carta in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 on until 19 September.
It's the last day of #MagnaCarta1225 and we'd like to thank everyone that visited and enjoyed the exhibition! We've loved having you all in to experience the legacy of Magna Carta and learning about the Society.
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's the last day of #MagnaCarta1225 and we'd like to thank everyone that visited and enjoyed the exhibition! We've loved having you all in to experience the legacy of Magna Carta and learning about the Society.
#MagnaCarta1225 is open! Wed to Frid from now until 19 Sept you can enjoy an exhibition which explores the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) and the Charter of the Forest, bringing together rare and significant manuscripts, offering fresh insights into their impact on law, governance, land and society.
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#MagnaCarta1225 is open! Wed to Frid from now until 19 Sept you can enjoy an exhibition which explores the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) and the Charter of the Forest, bringing together rare and significant manuscripts, offering fresh insights into their impact on law, governance, land and society.
If you can't join us in person for #MagnaCarta1225 you can view our digital exhibition on Smartify! You can use the app or browse on your desktop and explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225). app.smartify.org/en-GB/exhibi...
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
If you can't join us in person for #MagnaCarta1225 you can view our digital exhibition on Smartify! You can use the app or browse on your desktop and explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225). app.smartify.org/en-GB/exhibi...
Discover more in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 which is open every Wednesday to Friday until 19 September!
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Discover more in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 which is open every Wednesday to Friday until 19 September!
Our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 opens next Wednesday! We're excited to give you a unique opportunity to explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) and the Charter of the Forest, marking 800 years since its reissue by Henry III, the version enshrined in English law. www.sal.org.uk/event/magnac...
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 opens next Wednesday! We're excited to give you a unique opportunity to explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) and the Charter of the Forest, marking 800 years since its reissue by Henry III, the version enshrined in English law. www.sal.org.uk/event/magnac...
Happy birthday to the 3rd revision of Magna Carta, 800 years old today! 🎉🎂🥳 (yes, we are having cake to mark the occasion - appropriately distanced, of course!)
#magnacarta #magnacarta800 #magnacarta1225 #specialcollections #archives #manuscripts #medieval #medievalhistory #socantiquaries
#magnacarta #magnacarta800 #magnacarta1225 #specialcollections #archives #manuscripts #medieval #medievalhistory #socantiquaries
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy birthday to the 3rd revision of Magna Carta, 800 years old today! 🎉🎂🥳 (yes, we are having cake to mark the occasion - appropriately distanced, of course!)
#magnacarta #magnacarta800 #magnacarta1225 #specialcollections #archives #manuscripts #medieval #medievalhistory #socantiquaries
#magnacarta #magnacarta800 #magnacarta1225 #specialcollections #archives #manuscripts #medieval #medievalhistory #socantiquaries
You can see this roll in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 from Wednesdays to Fridays until 19 September.
August 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You can see this roll in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 from Wednesdays to Fridays until 19 September.
Another #MagnaCarta1225 spotlight talk today from one of our volunteers on life in the Middle Ages. Drop by at 2.30pm or 3.30pm for this 10 minute talk, all free when you come to our Burlington House premises!
August 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Another #MagnaCarta1225 spotlight talk today from one of our volunteers on life in the Middle Ages. Drop by at 2.30pm or 3.30pm for this 10 minute talk, all free when you come to our Burlington House premises!
Discover more in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 which is open Wednesday to Friday until 19 September.
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Discover more in our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 which is open Wednesday to Friday until 19 September.
It's the last week of #MagnaCarta1225 & you have this Wed, Thurs & Fri left to visit! Enjoy this final chance at a unique opportunity to explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) & the Charter of the Forest, marking 800 years since its reissue by Henry III – the version enshrined in English law.
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's the last week of #MagnaCarta1225 & you have this Wed, Thurs & Fri left to visit! Enjoy this final chance at a unique opportunity to explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) & the Charter of the Forest, marking 800 years since its reissue by Henry III – the version enshrined in English law.
As part of our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 you can see four artworks by Dan Llywelyn Hall collectively called Totems to the Charter.
August 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As part of our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 you can see four artworks by Dan Llywelyn Hall collectively called Totems to the Charter.
On our last day of #MagnaCarta1225 we welcomed our 5,500th visitor! Flavie & her Father Denis are in London from Quebec. They'd just been to the Royal Academy and were walking past when they saw our exhibition & popped in. Flavie gets a free gift from the shop to celebrate being our 5,500th visitor!
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On our last day of #MagnaCarta1225 we welcomed our 5,500th visitor! Flavie & her Father Denis are in London from Quebec. They'd just been to the Royal Academy and were walking past when they saw our exhibition & popped in. Flavie gets a free gift from the shop to celebrate being our 5,500th visitor!
Drop by #MagnaCarta1225 today from 11am-3.30pm & enjoy an all-age workshop where you can take inspiration from handwritten scrolls & books & have a go at writing with a variety of dip pens & feather quills. Write with conventional ink or experiment with botanical inks like red cabbage & bindweed.
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Drop by #MagnaCarta1225 today from 11am-3.30pm & enjoy an all-age workshop where you can take inspiration from handwritten scrolls & books & have a go at writing with a variety of dip pens & feather quills. Write with conventional ink or experiment with botanical inks like red cabbage & bindweed.
Want to know more about the unusual life of a medieval woman directly involved in the violence & chaos surrounding King John & his supporters at the time of the great charter? Come to our spotlight talk tomorrow at 11.50am & 12.50pm to hear this free talk as part of our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225!
August 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Want to know more about the unusual life of a medieval woman directly involved in the violence & chaos surrounding King John & his supporters at the time of the great charter? Come to our spotlight talk tomorrow at 11.50am & 12.50pm to hear this free talk as part of our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225!
We're excited to be looking for our first ever Maker in Residence this summer! We're seeking a MiR who can inspire our audiences through their creative response to our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225. All the details are on our website, closing date 14 July.
www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London
Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)
www.sal.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We're excited to be looking for our first ever Maker in Residence this summer! We're seeking a MiR who can inspire our audiences through their creative response to our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225. All the details are on our website, closing date 14 July.
www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
If you visit our building at Burlington House, you can see the motif of this lamp dotted around the building on floors, windows, walls etc. Come and see the original lamp and its depictions during #MagnaCarta1225 which is open Wed-Fri until 19 September.
September 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you visit our building at Burlington House, you can see the motif of this lamp dotted around the building on floors, windows, walls etc. Come and see the original lamp and its depictions during #MagnaCarta1225 which is open Wed-Fri until 19 September.
Join us at our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 today at 2.30pm & 3.30pm for a spotlight talk from our Librarian on an 18th-century facsimile of a nearly-incinerated Magna Carta. It's free, just come to us at Burlington House and drop in at those times! Talk lasts around 10min so don't be late!
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Join us at our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 today at 2.30pm & 3.30pm for a spotlight talk from our Librarian on an 18th-century facsimile of a nearly-incinerated Magna Carta. It's free, just come to us at Burlington House and drop in at those times! Talk lasts around 10min so don't be late!
If you can't make it to #MagnaCarta1225 during our regular opening hours, we have three late opening days. They're free, but you do need to book ahead.
6 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
27 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
17 September: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
6 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
27 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
17 September: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
July 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you can't make it to #MagnaCarta1225 during our regular opening hours, we have three late opening days. They're free, but you do need to book ahead.
6 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
27 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
17 September: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
6 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
27 August: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...
17 September: www.sal.org.uk/event/magna-...