Members of the Society enjoy regular opportunities to meet each other and share their passion for scientific instruments old and new. The Society makes an annual 'overseas' trip, recent destinations having included St. Petersburg, Dresden, Florence, Utrecht and Paris. In addition there are occasional one-day and week-end meetings divided purposely between London and attractive provincial locations.
Recent destinations have included Leicester, Derby, Birmingham, Norwich and Spalding. Speakers are usually experts in their field, but all members are welcome to give talks. Special 'behind-the-scenes' visits to museums are a particular feature of the annual programme. Above all, the Society's gatherings are enjoyable social occasions.
ALL DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
Further information about registrations, etc.
will be issued with the Society's Bulletin.
Friday 19 February, 2:00pm
The Royal College of Physicians
Visit to the College Headquarters and museum collections
Monday 10 May - Friday 14 May
Germany
Overseas Study Conference to Frankfurt and Kassel
Programme to be confirmed includes visits to Frankfurt Historisches Museum, Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences, Giessen (Liebig Museum), and Marburg (19th C. observatory and instruments), Kassel Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett and other attractions in Kassel and the University of Goettingen.
Saturday 24 July
Churchill College, Cambridge
Annual General Meeting and day of postgraduate student talks with optional visits to the Whipple Museum and University Observatory
October
English provincial visit
Details to be confirmed
Friday 19 November - 6:00pm
Society of Antiquaries, London
Eighteenth Annual Invitation Lecture
Precise title to be confirmed
Dr Liba Taub
of the Whipple Museum, University of Cambridge will speak on preserving 19th
and 20th century artefacts.
Advanced Notice
Overseas Conference 2011
It is currently planned that the 2011 Overseas Conference will centre around Dublin in the Republic of Ireland from 10-13 May, but members are advised that they should not make any concrete plans at this stage.
