New York City

Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting scientific research and education. Club members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: first to reach the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to summit Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, and first to the surface of the moon.

Some of the 229 mini Explorers Club flags carried on these expeditions are now displayed at the Club. The stunning Jacobean revival style townhouse, originally built for Stephen C. Clark in 1910, features stained glass from Windsor Castle and 14th-century monastic architectural elements.

Join Royal Oak as Executive Director of The Explorers Club, William Roseman gives us a private tour of the club’s extraordinary history, 900+ object collections, and its remarkable members. The club is filled with a treasure trove of objects including the bell from Admiral Richard F. Byrd ship from his Antarctic expedition, Admiral Robert F. Peary’s sledge and lion-skin shields from the Samburu tribe in Africa.

We will also peek at the Club’s remarkable and important research collection which has maps, notes, and field journals from the most important scientific expeditions from the 19th century to the present day.