Hire a Room

Our unique and historic rooms at our headquarters in Perth cater for a wide variety of clients from small corporate meetings to school trips and intimate weddings or civil partnerships. Our team of dedicated staff and volunteers can tailor a friendly package for most occasions. Please take a look around.

For bookings or further information, please contact: [email protected] or 01738 455050.

Prices

As a general guide, rooms attract the following rates. More than one room can be booked at a time. Please call for individual quotes or special offers.

Normal Working Hours: £30/hour plus VAT
Evenings, Weekends or Public Holidays: £50-60/hour plus VAT
Tea/Coffee/Water: £3.00/person plus VAT

Conserving Heritage Fund

The Conserving Heritage Fund supports the costs of conserving and making accessible items in the RSGS collections.

Latest

February 2023

RSGS E:Newsletter: Lyse Doucet FRSGS; An Interview with Robin Hanbury-Tenison; Education Conference; The Geographer; Blog Update.
Shackleton and the men on Elephant Island: a brotherhood of the sea

In 1916 Ernest Shackleton's beloved ship Endurance was crushed by ice and sank to the depths of the Weddell Sea, but what followed was an astonishing story of courage and survival.
Aftershock – how humanitarian aid is helping millions affected by the Turkey Syria Earthquakes

The huge earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria a month ago weren’t necessarily a huge surprise in an area with an historic vulnerability to seismic shocks, but the scale of the devastation was an enormous shock - turning millions of lives upside down in an instant.
The RSGS Education Conference

On Saturday 25th February RSGS convened a full day, fast-paced conference at Dollar Academy to bring together key individuals and organisations, to discuss how to maximise and promote the relevance and uptake of geography.

Chalk Talks

Free, virtual geography lessons for students working at home. The videos summarise topics in the Scottish Geography curriculum, from glaciers to coasts, cities to deserts, and everything in between.
Volunteer With Us

It's easy to volunteer with us, and we have lots of exciting projects to work on, including hosting speakers at our talks, giving RSGS talks to external clubs and guiding visitors at our HQ in Perth.
Fact Sheets

Case studies and fun facts for the classroom, covering flooding, landslides and coasts.
Learning Maps and Mats

RSGS helps schools create playground maps and access climate change story mats for the classroom.
Lesson Plans

We are working to enhance geographical learning in Scottish schools. We organise activities and produce learning materials for both primary and secondary school children.
Experiential Learning

Lesson plans and advice for outdoor learning projects and activities inspired by exploration and adventure.
East Coast of Scotland (1647)

On this sea chart, the east coast of Scotland between the Cromarty Firth and St Abb’s Head is easily recognisable today in terms of its outline, but some of its place-names may at first sight seem strange.