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  The Old Post Room

  Where the mail of the Royal Institution was once sorted, our scientists now meet for a chat, a coffee and demonstrations on the blackboard.

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  Faraday’s Study

  This is the room in which, after a hard day in the laboratory, Michael Faraday would write up neatly the rough notes he had made earlier.

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  Bragg’s Dining Room

  The dining room of the resident professors has played host to distinguished speakers, including Guglielmo Marconi and Lord Rutherford.

• Tyndall’s Parlour

  Where John Tyndall relaxed and Michael Faraday read aloud from Shakespeare, we host our weekly meetings with the London Theory Institute.

• The Rumford Room

  We have named our Director’s study the Rumford Room, in honour of the brilliant, mercurial founder of the Royal Institution, Count Rumford.

• Davy’s Attic

  Rooms on the third floor have served as bedrooms to Sir Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday, and scientists delivering the Christmas Lectures.

• The Porter Wing

  When the Theatre blew up in 1927, it offered the chance for a rebuild—leading to the creation of these rooms on the building’s eastern side.