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Royal Microscopical Society

Registered charity 241990, on the register since 26 July 1965. The 6,642nd largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

Our object is to promote the advancement of microscopical science through the discussion and publication of research into improvements in the construction and mode of application of microscopes and into those branches of science where microscopy is important, and to organise educational activities concerned with microscopy for the benefit of the general public and for the science community.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Education/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

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Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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