Online Exhibitions

This new online exhibition section is the quarterly successor to the Archive of the Month, which can also be found below. Each term the exhibition will highlight a particular aspect of the history of King’s College. It will use documents from the archives, and discuss the context in which these documents were created.

If you have any queries about the documents, or would like to visit the Archive Centre, please contact the Archivist (tel: 01223 331444; email: archivist@kings.cam.ac.uk).

Online Exhibitions

Wax Seals

Seals from the College archives.

Science and Religion: Any Common Ground?

A pop-up exhibition in conjunction with an Evensong address on the theme ‘Religion and Enterprise’.

The Gibbs Building

An exhibition on the history of the Gibbs building.

Earliest College Buildings

An exhibition on King's College's buildings prior to the Gibbs building, with the exception of the current Chapel.

Self-portrait by Roger Fry, taken from 'Twelve Original Woodcuts (1921)

Roger Eliot Fry (1866-1934)

This online exhibition will give a biographical sketch of the artist and critic Roger Fry, through his letters and other archives. Particular emphasis will be given to his family, friendships and training, all of which greatly influenced his work.

Apostles group photo, c.1883. J.K. Stephen (KC1878) is wearing a hat and smoking a pipe. [KCAS/39/4/1]

The Apostles, up to 1930

In this exhibition, we shall explore the history of the secret debating society the Apostles, up to 1930.

Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970)

This exhibition will give a roughly chronological overview of E.M. Forster's life, with particular reference to people and places which influenced his most famous writings.

Saltmarsh study. [The Still-Image Company - Keith Hepel]

Rooms Named After Them

Who's behind the named rooms at King's?

Alan Mathison Turing passport-style photograph [AMT/K/7/11]

Alan Mathison Turing (1912-54)

An exhibition about Alan Turing illustrated with documents from papers held at the Archive Centre.

The messengers pouring out of Senate House, 1897. [MRJ/F/1]

Women at King's

An exhibition about the admission of women and the events leading up to that.

Satisfaction demanded of the “Gentlemen of Caius” by the “Scholars of King’s” in 1947. [KCAS/5/9]

King's College Boat Club

The Archive Centre's online exhibition on the King's College Boat Club.

C.R. Ashbee

The Archive Centre's two-part exhibition on C.R. Ashbee.

Portrait of Rupert, Alfred and Mary Ruth Brooke in period costume. Taken in 1898 by E.H. Speight, Rugby (RCB/Ph/4).

Mothers of Kingsmen

The Archive Centre's online exhibition on mothers of Kingsmen.

Detail from a survey of Great Greenford parish by R. Binfield, 1775, including Holy Cross church and glebe land (GRE/20).

Edward Betham's Livings

The Archive Centre's online exhibition on Greenford Magna and its rector, Edward Betham.

1888 ordnance survey map, annotated by Arthur Hill (CAM/204).

Gardens and Grounds

The Archive Centre's online exhibition on the gardens and grounds of King's.

Illumination of Queen Elizabeth I (SAC/1)

A Royal Visit

The Archive Centre's online exhibition on a Royal visit to the College.

Engraving of Simeon by William Finden after a portrait by Sir William Beechey. (KCAC/1/4/Simeon3)

Charles Simeon

The Archive Centre's online exhibition about Charles Simeon (1759-1836).

The Organ

The Archive Centre's online exhibition about the organ in King's College Chapel.

Amalgamation Club

The Archive Centre's online exhibition about the Amalgamation Club.

West front of Chapel, showing the stone used in the first period (the paler stone at the base of the towers). Photograph: RCHM, 1949. [Coll-Ph-757]

King's College Chapel: Up to 1515

The Archive Centre's online exhibition about King's College Chapel, up to 1515.

Archive of the Month

For five years, the Archive Centre at King's presented monthly selections of documents from the Archives. These allow you to find out about the history of King's and more generally the history of the times the documents were produced. The Archive of the Month was replaced with a new format of online exhibitions in February 2015. These will be updated less frequently but offer a closer look at the chosen subject.