Run by the Royal Academicians, artists and architects elected by their peers in recognition of their exceptional work the Royal Academy Library is home to Britain’s longest established art school, the RA Schools. Every year since 1768 they hold an annual Summer Exhibition, the largest open-submission art exhibition in the world. They present their collection of art and architecture in free displays throughout their Piccadilly location and put on world-class exhibitions of art from around the world, welcoming hundreds of thousands of people to our galleries each year.