Events

Annual Society Meeting (ASM)

Every year in April, members meet for the Annual Social Meeting (and AGM) to enjoy field trips, visits, presentations, social events and conversation.

The 2020 ASM will be held from Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2020 at the Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Brockworth, Gloucestershire. Full details of the ASM weekend and a booking form are provided here:

Full details can be downloaded as a pdf file here.http://russellsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Programm_Final_2.pdf

The ASM booking form is found in pdf format here.

Central Branch Symposium

Members and non-members are invited to a one-day symposium that will explore perspectives on UK Museums and their Mineral Collections in the 21st Century. The event takes place on 21 March 2020 at Woodhouse, near Leicester.

Points of view on this important topic will be discussed by several influential speakers including Mike Rumsey of the Natural History Museum, and Tom Cotterell from the National Museum of Wales.

More details about the event and how to book your place are here.

Field trips and meetings

All members can participate in an annual calendar of field trips, meetings and presentations that are organised by Branches around the country. The current calendar can be found in PDF format here.

Also, the Southern Branch has organsied a Symposium on the minerlas and geology of the Mendips on 8 February 2020. at Stoke St. Michael, Somerset. Details about this fascinating and entertaining day of presentation and how to reserve your place are in this pdf here.

This is a selection of photographs taken by Ian Dossett on field trips. All images copyright Ian Dossett.