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

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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.

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Friday 23 July - Saturday 24 July
Cambridge
Annual General Meeting and day of postgraduate student talks at Churchill College, Cambridge.

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October
English provincial visit
Details to be confirmed

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Friday 19 November - 6:00pm
Society of Antiquaries, London
Eighteenth Annual Invitation Lecture
Liba Taub from the Whipple Museum at the University of Cambridge is shown here alongside SIS Chairman Patrick Mill after she had delivered the Society's Annual Invitation Lecture at Antiquaries Hall on the subject of 'Collecting Challenges for the Future'. A large audience listened intently to one of the best annual lectures in years, profusely illustrated with photographs of instruments (some small and some very large) from the Whipple Museum's collection. Afterwards our Chairman was delighted to present Dr Taub with the Society's Medal. A full report may be found on our programme page

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