Zoological Society of London

• ZSL Prince Philip Zoological Library & Archives

Founded in 1826, ZSL's Prince Philip Zoological Library & Archives is one of the major zoological libraries in the world and is open to all. ZSL Library contains a wide range of books and journals on all types of animals and their conservation; it has more than 200,000 volumes, 5,000 journal titles, the Archives of ZSL, books dating from 16th century to the present ranging from popular to technical, modern books on open access in the Reading Room, special collections relating to information on zoos, the ZSL drawings and prints collections and an image collection.

Based in the Library of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the archives of ZSL is a unique collection that goes back to the founding in 1826. ZSL Archives are primarily an institutional archives; most of the records have been produced as a result of ZSL's activities: as a learned society, conservation charity, scientific research institute (Institute of Zoology) and our two zoos: London and Whipsnade.

In the collection you can find things such as minutes of councils and committees, Daily Occurrences of London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo, staff records, letters and correspondence, architectural records, zoo guides, press cuttings, objects and ephemera and donated collections that are not created by ZSL but are related to our work.

Tuesday-Thursday 10.30-5pm

Please email library@zsl.org to make an appointment to visit.

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