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Coloured image on photographic card of scaffolding assisting the conservation and repair work at RSA House, London

A booklet detailing the RSA House Appeal, information about the house, the phases of work, quotes from Fellows who donated, adopting a lion and information on how to donate to the House Appeal.

RSA Building and Restoration 2001-2003 booklet

"It is beautifully simple without meanness, and grand without exaggeration" Thomas Malton 1792

Material relating to the RSAs 250th Anniversary Tree Planting Initiative including programme, attendance list, leaflets and the Tree News Magazine Autumn/Winter Issue 2003

Two Coloured photographs of restored Adams ceiling captured through a fish lens view

Image in colour on photographic card of the restoration work and replastering of the wall of a room in RSA House
Funded from the money raised from the RSA House Appeal

Two polaroid photos in colour depicting the damage to an Adams ceiling at RSA House

Coloured photograph on card of the restoration of an Adams ceiling in RSA House

Photograph on card of the lion adorning the Adam frieze in the Research Room

Coloured photograph on card of the preservation of a wall and an Adam ceiling in RSA House

Coloured photograph on card of conservators making structural repairs on the library ceiling.

The first phase of the House Appeal was completed in Summer 2001, and consisted of urgent structural repairs to the Library and Research Room ceilings. The work involved pinning back laths and bridging timbers, which had begun to separate from the ceiling joists.

The competition of the first phases prevented any further deterioration of the original Adam plasterwork.

Papers from the New Zealand Chapter between 1989-1997

Correspondence, Notes from meetings, Minutes of Meetings, Committee Nominations, Guidelines for International Committees and Honorary Corresponding Members (Aims, Responsibilities and Structure), Booklets

The current work of the Chapter is focused around the Regenerative Futures programme, which aims to create a future where humans thrive as part of the Earth’s ecology.

This work has three pillars: climate change, inclusive economies, and indigenous wisdom.

Two sleeves of negatives of the minature lion which adore the Adam frieze in the Research Room.

A scheme based on their preservation was launched. This became a scheme called Adopt a Lion. The donation would be put towards the cost of carefully clearing the plasterwork, and reinstating the original paint scheme.

"For donations of £1,000 ($1,500) and above you can name your lion for the duration of 3 years, and your acquisition will be recorded in a book to be kept in the house"

Photographic negatives of the RSA Appeal showing the restoration of ceilings.

The RSA House Appeal aimed to raise over £500,000 to repair, restore and redecorate the Adam ceilings and decorative schemes of two within the House, and subsequently relocate the Society's library resources to the purpose built space within 8 John Adam Street.

Invitation from the Chairman of the RSA to a private reception to celebrate the culmination of the RSA House Appeal and a presentation by Stephen Fry "The Relevance of Books in a Digital Age."

The evening celebrated the grand opening of the Library and concluded with a fundraising auction and the Fellows' Reading Room Draw

Image on colour on photographic card of a lion head from the Adam frieze in the Research Room. Part of the conservation efforts of RSA House as part of the RSA House Appeal

General correspondence about the RSAs Fourth Plinth project in Trafalgar Square including correspondence from 10 Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, Arup Associates and other sponsors and partners.

Drawings and plans from Arup Associates.

Floppy Disk of RSA House Photos with the Front of House, Ceiling Overview and Plasterwork Detail
Mini Disc of RSA Fundraising 10.12.02
Cassette Tape of RSA Fundraising 10.12.02

Adopt a Lion donation form printed with detail of partially restored lion heads in the RSA Research Room.

The RSA aimed to raise over £500,000 to repair, restore and redecorate the Adam ceilings and decorative schemes of two room within the House.
The RSA offered Fellows to option of "adopting" one of the 40 miniature lions which adore the Adam frieze in the Research room. For donations of £1000 and above you can name your lion for the duration of three years. The donations were put toward the cost of carefully cleaning the plasterwork, and reinstating the original paint scheme.

Donations started at £1000, to £5000 and up to £10,000

Coloured image on photographic card of a decorative motif on an Adams ceiling in RSA House being repaired