Exhibition of Lockdown Microscopy
We were not able to hold the Annual Exhibition of Microscopy in the Natural History Museum this year because of the COVID-19 epidemic, so we asked our Members to prepare their exhibits as photographs and text that could be displayed on the website. The exhibits were revealed on Monday 28th September 2020 (the first day of the virtual Exhibition) and you can browse them here:
- Alan Jones – Microscope of the sky
- Alan Wood – Catching up while locked down
- Anne & Chris Algar – Our activities during lockdown
- Aydin Örstan – No microscope needed: A lockdown study of fossil Foraminifera
- David Linstead & Jane Peters – Pond dipping is exercise!
- Elizabeth Haworth – Exploring the Wynlass Beck catchment
- Graham Matthews – Photographing the Marson
- Grant Foden – Not “just” a microscope but a time machine…
- Jacky McPherson – Lockdown with Mr Meakin
- Jacky McPherson – Sleeved slides: Protecting my open mounts
- Jay Holmes – The making of Monoculus
- Jeffrey Silverman – Lockdown microscopy gets a boost: A tale of two hobbies
- Joan Bingley – Out of my comfort zone
- John Goodman – Henry Joseph Grayson
- Jonathan Crowther – Starting on the microscopy journey…
- Lisa Ashby – My school report would have said “easily distracted”
- Mark Shephard – Slides of parasites
- Mike Samworth – The Postal Microscopical Society (PMS) during lockdown
- Nigel Ashby – Life of a microscope
- Nigel Williams – Reading Convention bargain
- Pam Hamer – Broadstairs on Christmas Day
- Paul Smith – How do you store your patch stops?
- Steve Gill – Project Pseudoscorpion
- Steve Gill – The golden age of school laboratories
To provide Members and visitors with an opportunity to discuss the exhibits, a Zoom gossip meeting was held on Friday 2nd October 2020. The meeting was recorded, and Members can watch the video.