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: £20/hour
Evenings, Weekends or Public Holidays: £40-50/hour
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits: £2.00/person

The Shackleton Room

The Explorers Room

The Earth Room

The Education Room

Conserving Heritage Fund

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

Latest

April 2021

RSGS E-newsletter: Geddes Environment Medal; Building Back Better; Chalk Talks; Climate Solutions Accelerator
Soil: A Nature-Based Solution

Our soil is one of the most promising nature-based solutions to climate change available to us, says Professor Colin Campbell of the James Hutton Institute.
Lord Jack McConnell - Building Back Better: Will the G7 Deliver?

Jack McConnell draws on international experiences to set out issues and choices that must be made to see an equitable and sustainable recovery.
March 2021

RSGS e-newsletter: GeoQuizzical, James Croll Conference, Inspiring People, Chalk Talks, Young Geographer

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 school's 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.
Opportunities & Grants

Since its inception, RSGS and its members have part-funded and open doors to hundreds of students, academics and explorers in their careers and research, both at home and abroad. And this tradition continues today...
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.

Departing the Island on 'The Edge of the World’

"Ninety years ago, on August 29, 1930, the last 36 residents of St Kilda were evacuated. Huddled on HMS Harebell they were conveyed from Village Bay on Hirta to mainland Scotland." Writes Collections Volunteer, Kenny Maclean FRSGS.
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland: An Interview

After 14 years, Mike Robinson stepped down from the charity coalition he established: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. In this interview with Jo Woolf, he speaks about his lifelong passion for environmental issues and his hopes for the future.
Shackleton at the RSGS: A Sketch

This is an attempt to explain why there are no newspaper cuttings in the RSGS archives from early 1904 until late 1905. This is approximately the length of Shackleton’s tenure as Secretary...
What an Emergency Looks Like

"In the case of coronavirus, despite some amount of confusion, at least we now know what an emergency response looks like," writes Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of RSGS.
Hamish MacInnes: ‘the Fox of Glen Coe’

"MacInnes will be fondly remembered for his independent spirit, altruism, courage, modesty, and not least for his sense of humour. Thousands of people owe their lives to him, either directly via rescue missions, or through safety equipment and training. While he loved all mountains, his heart was in Scotland"
COP26 Postponed

"Postponing the relevant UN COPs was inevitable, but we need to see them as essential pre-planning, and re-schedule them as soon as circumstance allows," writes Mike Robinson, RSGS Chief Executive.
Erskine Beveridge: the Dunfermline Geographer

"Beveridge's photographs could be dismissed as a romantic view of Scotland but, as well as castles and mountains, they also capture a historical geography and social history..." writes Bruce Gittings FRSGS
An Interview with Levison Wood

“It’s about showing what a region is really like through the eyes of the people who live there.” Explorer Levison Wood speaks to RSGS Writer-in-Residence, Jo Woolf.
An Interview with Calum Maclean

For our Young Geographer magazine published in 2019, our team of Editors sat down with BBC presenter and wild-swimmer Calum Maclean. The magazine article was published in Gaelic, but we're pleased to share the English version online!
The Climate Emergency: One Year On

"Although coronavirus is quite rightly dominating our thoughts and immediate concerns, the climate emergency hasn't gone away." An interview with Mike Robinson and Professor Dave Reay.