The university archive collections stretch over more than 180 years from the records of the original Royal Polytechnic Institution founded in 1838 to those of the present-day University of Westminster. As well as the institutional records of the university and its predecessors we hold material relating to the many clubs and societies that were associated with the Polytechnic, the papers of notable alumni such as the urban designer Gordon Cullen, and even the records of the Polytechnic’s own in-house travel company the Polytechnic Touring Association. We also hold collections that have been built up through the university’s teaching activities such as our collection of rare Architectural Books, the China Visual Arts Project, and the Westminster Menswear Archive. Researchers interested in the history of education, travel, sport, popular culture, town planning, architecture, fashion, design, and photography will find much of interest here.