Access and Visitor Information
A reference Library open to all. Whether you’re a dedicated researcher or just curious, come and browse our shelves.
Library
Conway Hall is the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world and holds the largest and most comprehensive humanist research resource in the UK.
You can find out more about our printed and archive collections on the following pages.
About The Collection
Conway Hall’s library and archives contain a wealth of historical texts, artworks, music and other printed materials.
Digital Collections
The Humanist Library and Archives has commenced the process of digitising our collections in order to share them beyond the confines of our building. Our first digital collection is called Architecture and Place and explores the history of the buildings that have or do shelter our Society, the Conway Hall Ethical Society, and the spaces which we have called home.
The Musical Women of South Place
In this new series of blogs, PhD student Jessica Beck sheds some light on the musical past of Conway Hall.
From the Archives Blog
From the Archives allows us in the Humanist Library and Archives to share some of our wonderful items and our learning with you!
It also includes entries from the former A2R (Alternatives to Religion) blog, a collaborative project between Conway Hall and Bishopsgate Institute which sparked exploration of some of the ways people have tried to make sense of the world and live together ethically without the need for faith in a God or gods.