If you are curious to discover the origins and diversity of the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Collection, then click here for a description of its contents and some images of just a few of the 150,000 objects that we care for.

If your curiosity is piqued, there are still three weeks remaining to see this summer’s free exhibition, Beyond Beastly, which closes on the 1st October 2022.

A compact 19th Century Geomancy or Feng Shui compass