Indoor meetings are normally held at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London (nearest undergound station South Kensington) at intervals of four to six weeks between September and April. The main event at these meetings is usually a lecture by a guest speaker or society member. Most meetings also include a show-and-tell session when people have an opportunity to show specimens and anything else of molluscan interest to those at the meeting, and get comments from them. There are also opportunities for informal discussions over tea/coffee, and to purchase Society goods and back publications. The meetings take place in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity. To find this most easily, come into the Museum at the main entrance. In front of you, you will find a large blue whale skeleton. At the far end of the blue whale skeleton, turn left down a passage past a shop on the right and a cafeteria on the left and you'll see stairs leading down to an open glass-fronted lower-level atrium. The Centre is not open-access, so you will need to ring the bell to the right of the door (close to the end of the atrium) to gain admission.
To join the online meetings please email Catherine Jagger at Circa (shellmember@gmail.com) preferably at least one week prior to the meeting, indicating your intention to attend. She will then send you full joining instructions and a meeting agenda.
Conchological Society Indoor Meetings 2024-25
Saturday 7th December 2024
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Louise Firth (Plymouth University) - 'Limpets: ecosystem engineers that provide ecosystem services'
14.00 - 17.00 (13.45 Zoom sign in)
Council members please note that there will be a Council meeting before this meeting (Live and Zoom)
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Saturday 15th February 2025
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Professor Elizabeth Harper (University of Cambridge) - title TBC
14.00 - 17.00 (13.45 Zoom sign in)
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
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Saturday 12th April 2025
INDOOR MEETING with AGM, exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: TBC
14.00 - 17.00 (13.45 Zoom sign in)
Council members please note that this being the AGM, there is no additional Council meeting.
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Saturday 12th July 2025
ONLINE ONLY meeting with exhibits and lecture (Zoom link)
Guest speaker: TBC
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
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Saturday 18th October 2025
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: TBC
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
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November 2025
Proposed REGIONAL MEETING in Dublin or Belfast
This is presently being planned and discussed. Any offers of contributions welcome - please contact the President.
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Saturday 6th December 2025
INDOOR MEETING with exhibits and lecture (NHM Angela Marmont Centre, London with Zoom link)
Guest speaker: Dr Dai Herbert - title TBC
Council members please note that this will be preceded by a Council meeting at 12.00 (Live and Zoom)
ONLINE ‘EXHIBITS’
Members are invited to address the meeting for a maximum of four minutes to show an exhibit or speak briefly on a mollusc-related theme. Anyone wishing to do this please e mail the Hon. Secretary, Rosemary Hill (secretary@conchsoc.org) in advance of the meeting. Note that for each meeting the number of speakers will be limited to the first five applicants.
The Programme Secretary will be happy to receive suggestions about interesting speakers or subjects.
All our meetings are open to non-members if space is available: if you would like to come, please contact Martin Willing (martinjwilling@gmail.com).
Meeting Programme compiled by Martin Willing. Contacts for meetings related matters are either Martin Willing
(martinjwilling@gmail.com) OR Rosemary Hill (secretary@conchsoc.org).