infocus #36 December 2014 RMS 175th Anniversary Celebrations

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.114

As most of the membership will be aware, 2014 was a significant milestone in the history of the Royal Microscopical Society. The RMS celebrated its 175th Anniversary on 3 September and there have been a variety of events marking the milestone.
An anniversary provides the Society with a number of opportunities. Of course the Society itself should celebrate its own birthday, particularly given the vibrant state that it is currently in, but the anniversary can also be used as a way of raising the profile of the Society and establishing engagement with new parts of the scientific community, the first event very much addressed the latter point.