Over the 160 years of the Royal Gold Medal, 154 individuals and six practices have won the medal. We've selected the very best in each decade below, with quotes from the medallists' citations.

 

We've also placed the Royal Gold Medal in context by providing background information on some of the events of the decade.

 

      1840s|        1900s|         1960s|

      1850s|        1910s|         1970s|

      1860s|        1920s|         1980s|

      1870s|        1930s|         1990s|

      1880s|        1940s|         2000s|

      1890s|        1950s|         2010s|