Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution

51°34′13.5″N 0°08′55.3″W / 51.570417°N 0.148694°W / 51.570417; -0.148694

Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution (HLSI)

The HLSI, 11 South Grove, Highgate, N6
Formation	1839
Type	CIO
Legal status	Charity
Purpose	To offer opportunities for life-long learning through its courses, library, archives, art gallery, lectures, debates and cultural & social events
Headquarters	11 South Grove, Highgate, London, England
Activities	Courses Art Gallery Lectures Debates Events
Collections	Lending Library Reading Rooms Archives
Chair	Simon Edwards
Website	https://hlsi.net/

The Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution (HLSI) is a Charitable Company (CIO) Limited by Guarantee. It was founded in 1839 in Highgate, North London, as a friendly society with the aim of helping local people to better understand new developments in industry and discoveries in science. It is now one the few surviving membership supported organisations which predate the widespread establishment of public libraries in the United Kingdom. Today its charitable purpose, from its historic building, is to offer opportunities for life-long learning through its courses, library, archives, art gallery, lectures, debates, cultural and social events.^[1]