The Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana was established in Georgetown,

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

, modern

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, on 18 March 1844. It acquired its "Royal" prefix in 1853 when

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

became its patron. The Guyanese scholar James Rodway was the long-serving editor of its journal, ''Timehri''. The society's museum eventually became the

Guyana National Museum Guyana National Museum is a museum in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. It was established on 13 February 1868. The idea of starting a museum was conceived by members of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society (RACS) of British Gui ...

. The society ceased to have royal patronage in 1972 and became the Guyana Society. It closed in 1975 after which its library was divided amongst various other institutions.The RA&CS Reading Room: That ‘other’ library.
''Stabroek News'', 23 March 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

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* Learned societies of South America 1840s establishments in British Guiana 1970s disestablishments in Guyana Organisations based in Guyana {{Guyana-stub