Library and Archive
The Library within the Pall Mall clubhouse houses one of the best resourced motoring and motorsport collections in the country.
The Club Archive, located at Westminster City Archives, stocks a wide range of material relating to the Club’s history and the history of motoring and motorsport generally.
Club Library
The quiet atmosphere of the Library enables the Club member to read and relax, or to undertake their own research. Members are welcome to use their various devices within the library (on silent mode). Available 24/7, staff are on duty Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm to assist a Club member with motoring research or any enquiry generally. A range of newspapers and non-motoring magazines is also provided.
[Exceptionally, Library staff may permit a non-member of the Club to use the Library for the purpose of motoring research. (By prior appointment only)]
Club Archive
A visit to the Club Archive (close to Westminster Abbey), by either a Club member or non-member, must be booked in advance with Heritage staff. For any enquiry relating to the Club Archive, please email: heritage@royalautomobileclub.co.uk.
Search the Collections
The Heritage collections comprise books, periodicals, paintings, trophies, badges, photographs, and other ephemera relating to motoring and motor sport. The Heritage catalogue (see ‘Search the Collections’ on the right-hand side of this page) acts as a single portal for the entirety of the Club’s holdings on a particular subject. The collections also contain the corporate papers of the Club, including its various committees and activities (motoring and non-motoring). Motoring examples include documentation relating to the ground-breaking 1000 Miles Trial of 1900; the Tourist Trophy, the oldest continuously run motor race in the world; and the private papers of the Club’s founder, Frederick Simms.
