Why amateur microscopy?Why amateur microscopy?

Discover the amazing world under the microscope, learn how to get the best from your microscope, or how to take stunning photos. Join our amateur community to learn more.

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Upcoming events

Saturday 12th February 2022, Home Counties Meeting, full day of talks, gossip and practical microscopy. Memorial Hall, Connaught Road, Brookwood, Surrey, GU24 0AL.

Tuesday 8th March 2022, Annual General Meeting, PA135 Meeting Room, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD.

Sunday 20th March 2022, Workshop on slide making for beginners (booking essential), Northamptonshire NHS, The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, NN1 1LD.

Olympus BH-2 with cameraTaking photos through a microscope

Read our 3 articles:

• Starting digital photomicrography

• Microscopes and digital photography

• Advanced digital photomicrography

Members’ area

Club members can log in to access additional resources, including meeting reports, videos of lectures, and galleries of slides and photomicrographs.

What’s new?

• Gossip Meeting “My latest microscopical acquisition” (members only)
• Christmas Lecture “Julius Rheinberg: his contribution to microscopy” by Carel Sartory (members only)
• L. V. Martin Lecture “Insect photography” by Penny Metal (members only)
• Report of Annual Exhibition of Microscopy (Quekex)

Citizen science

How you can help us as a citizen scientist by joining our projects.

Become a member

Read about the benefits of becoming a member of the Quekett, including the Club’s Bulletin and Journal, and a varied programme of gossip meetings, lectures and excursions.

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