Anniversary Events

The Royal Society's 350th anniversary is being celebrated by our partners in events all year and all over the country, ranging from cutting-edge scientific debate to fun days out for all the family. We have gathered together all the details here and as an explorable map. You can also find events run by the Royal Society in our main events diary.

Showing 1 event on 8 September 2010
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Sep
8

Orkney and the Royal Society - The John D Mackay memorial lecture

5:15pm on 8 September
King Street Hall Kirkwall East Church King Street Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1JF

Amongst the Fellows of the Royal Society, in its 350 years, have been several Orcadians, including the mapmaker Murdoch Mackenzie and the Arctic explorer John Rae. Dr Peter Collins, Director of the Society’s Centre for the History of Science, tells of these and other Orcadians whose names have been found in the Society’s archives – among them James Copland, born in Deerness in 1791 and author of a dictionary of medicine, and geologist Sir John Flett, born in Kirkwall in 1869. Part of the Orkney Science Festival.

Continuing events

Jul
25

Sir John Tomes: Victorian Dental Pioneer

from 25 July
Hunterian Museum, London The Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE

Exhibition on the man who was the first official dentist in the country! In conjunction with the British Dental Association's local hero project

Aug
6

Freshwater Dialogues with Robert Hooke

from 6 August

Take a walk with Robert Hooke. Start at Dimbola Lodge; Julia Margaret Cameron's studio home where she photographed Darwin, Tennyson and many other artists and scientists, the walk follows the cliff path ('Walking on Air') to the satellite rocket test bed site ('Walking on Fire') in the Highdown Rocket Exhibition at The Needles New Battery run by the National Trust. The walk takes in Tennyson's home at Farringford and Graham Stevens' new art work in his 'Walking on Earth, Air, Fire and Water' series. Details from: Dimbola Lodge. exhibition. www.dimbola.co.uk Tel:01983 756814 Highdown Rocket Exhibition. The Needles New Battery. needlesoldbattery@nationaltrust.org.uk Tennyson at Farringford. exhibition and accommodation. farringford.co.uk Tel contact Kevin Nixon: 01983 866000 Additional Dialogue Walks on demand to Charles Davidson 01983 756 788

May
24

Secret Altars

from 24 May
Arbeia Roman Fort Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum Baring Street South Shields Tyne and Wear NE33 2BB

Martin Lister rescued a Roman altar with a worn inscription from the banks of the River Tyne back in 1672. This exhibition looks at the techniques and modern scientific methods being used in an attempt to read the weathered lettering

Jul
20

'My wit was always working': John Aubrey and the Development of Experimental Science

from 20 July
Bodleian Library Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG

The Bodleian Libraries 2010 Summer exhibition examines the intellectual world of John Aubrey (1626-97), one of the Founding Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and a major seventeenth-century scientific and cultural figure. John Aubrey and the Development of Experimental Science presents all of Aubrey’s varied interests and pursuits within the intellectual context of his times. This is the first exhibition to feature Aubrey’s many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, ‘natural philosopher’ and all-round virtuoso. Highlights of the exhibition include Aubrey’s own manuscripts for Brief Lives; presentation books from fellow scientists Hobbes and Newton; original 17-century mathematical instruments; fossil specimens; and a working camera obscura.

Sep
3

Sketching the Universe

from 3 September
Lamb Gallery, University of Dundee Lamb Gallery Faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design University of Dundee 13 Perth Road Dundee DD1 4HT

A new exhibition in the Lamb Gallery of artistic responses to D’Arcy Thompson. From major figures of 20th-century modernism such as Henry Moore, Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi to today’s students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, the exhibition covers a wide range of media and styles, all linked by D’Arcy’s writings and collections. Accompanying this in the Tower Foyer Gallery will be an exhibition of drawings, paintings and prints by the celebrated abstract artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham which reveal the influence of D’Arcy Thompson’s classic book On Growth & Form on her work. While many of her contemporaries in the 1930s, 40s and 50s were also drawing on D’Arcy’s work for inspiration, Barns-Graham (born in St Andrews) was the only one who actually met the great man. The material in the exhibition is being kindly loaned to us by the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust.

Aug
23

John Mercer - Lancashire's Curious Chemist

from 23 August
Queen Street Mill Harle Syke Burnley Lancashire BB10 2HX

John Mercer of Great Harwood is one of Lancashire's unsung heroes. A Victorian man of science, his interests in chemistry and photography, printing and dyeing raised the game for the Lancashire textile industry. His name is captured in the very production method he invented 'mercerized cotton' and in many of the public buildings of the area - Mercer Hall and Mercer Park to name but two. Find out more about this amazing man in this family friendly mini-exhibition.

Jul
24

Grounshaking acheivement- celebrating John Milne FRS

from 24 July
Carisbrooke Castle Museum Newport Isle of Wight P030 1XY

Despite receiving global acclimation for his work, fellowship to the Royal Society, and the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan, the pioneer seismologist Professor John Milne FRS never gained the recognition he deserved among his fellow islanders. But now, finally, the life and work of this local hero are celebrated in a new exhibition at Carisbrooke Castle Museum from 12 March 2010.

Jul
5

Sir Hans Sloane - Discovery, travels and chocolate

from 5 July
Royal College of Physicians 1st Floor Gallery 11 St Andrews Place London

Collector, naturalist, scientist, physician, president of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society: Sir Hans Sloane excelled in many fields. This exhibition will explore his life and achievements, from the exploration of the natural history of Jamaica and the prolific collecting that led to the birth of the British Museum, to the story of how a drink "fitter for swine than men" was transformed into hot chocolate.

Aug
16

Sloane and the Carribbean

from 16 August
Chelsea Physic Garden 66 Royal Hospital Road Chelsea London SW3 4HS

Self led trail around Chelsea Physic Garden. Usual admission applies.

Feb
16

Ocean Drifters: up close with plankton

from 16 February
ZSL London Zoo Outer Circle, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY

Marine plankton are the unsung heroes of life on Earth but not many people realise how important they are the serious threat they face from climate change. This free exhibition at London Zoo features amazing close up plankton photography by Royal Society University Research Fellow, Dr Richard Kirby, as well as some of the equipment scientists use to study these remarkable creatures.

Jul
24

The Astronomer's House

from 24 July
Herschel Museum of Astronomy 19 New King Street Bath BA1 2BL

A special exhibition celebrates the amazing work of William Herschel and his sister Caroline during their years living in Bath making extraordinary telescopes and setting new standards of observations.

Jul
25

The Man who Named the Clouds: Luke Howard FRS Tottenham's Local Hero

from 25 July
Bruce Castle Museum Bruce Castle Museum Lordship Lane London N17 8NU

Did you know that the Father of Meteorology, Luke Howard, lived in Tottenham? Find out more about this local hero and how he influenced the way we look at the clouds.

Jul
22

Hair Splitting Images; How William Astbury's X Ray vision changed the world

from 22 July
Thackray Museum Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7LN

Professor William Astbury, one of the ‘fathers’ of molecular biology, is the focus of a new exhibition at the Thackray Museum. Astbury identified patterns of protein structure, hair and wool and took the first X-ray fibre diffraction pictures of DNA. Some of the research into treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s is based on his pioneering work. This new exhibition displays the images from this work.

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