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The Quekett Microscopical Club
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    • What’s new?
    • Who are we?
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    • Outreach
    • Groups and regional meetings
    • Citizen science
    • Contact the Club
    • Quekett Journal of Microscopy
    • Bulletin of the Quekett Microscopical Club
    • Books and USB drive
    • Books by members
    • Club shop
    • Privacy notice & cookie policy
    • Images from the website
    • Sitemap
  • Starting with microscopes
    • Why amateur microscopy?
    • Compound microscopes
    • Stereomicroscopes
    • Microscopic life
    • Antique microscopes and slides
    • Microscopes for children
    • Microscopes and digital photography
    • Starting digital photomicrography
    • Glossary
  • Resources
    • Advanced digital photomicrography
    • Stacking & stitching
    • Links
    • Downloads
    • Little Imp Archival Series
    • Setting up Köhler illumination
    • Making Rheinberg illumination discs
    • Photo of the Month
    • Pond nets
    • Recommended books
    • UK sources of used microscopes
    • Understanding the microscope
    • Articles
    • Microscopy for beekeepers
  • Members’ area
    • Archives
    • Auctions
    • Bulletin archive
    • Bulletin indices and supplements
    • Club Presidents
    • Committee
    • Downloads for members
    • Honorary Members
    • Library
    • Meeting reports archive
    • Micrographic Art Showcase
    • Microscopes
    • Photography showcase
    • Programme archive
    • Slide database
    • Slide sets
    • Slide showcase
    • Videos
  • Blogs
    • Webmaster’s blog 2021–2022
The Quekett is the leading international organisation for all amateur and professional light microscopists
Beautiful images
Pollen microscopy
Quekett at Down House, Charles Darwin's home
See how they did it it Victorian Britain
Learn Microscopy for Beekeepers
Use fascinating antique instruments
Create superb images
Need help? Ask a question about the Club, the website, microscopes or microscopy!
Photographs used on this website – the subjects, the photographers and the techniques
The Quekett supports Arkwright scholars and other students, and has a vibrant outreach section
See microscopy in action at family-friendly events
Join groups for residential field events further from home
The Quekett Journal of Microscopy for amateurs and professionals

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.

Photo of the month

Corbicula (pollen basket) on hind leg of a beeHoneybee corbicula

Forthcoming Events

Saturday 17th May 2025 – Crowfield, Suffolk
Anglian Microscopy Group
Moss safari

Saturday 24th May 2025 – Happisburgh, Norfolk
Fossil Hunt Excursion
Details from
Robert Ratford

Saturday 7th June 2025 – East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire
Gossip Meeting
Geology and petrology

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?

• Second Presidential Lecture “The Gain In Brain Lies Mainly In The Stain”(members only)
• Gossip Meeting “Your Go-To Equipment” – video
• Quekett Spring Sale – report
• Home Counties Meeting at Cobham – report

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.  Download the leaflet.

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