Collectors, the antiques trade, museum staff, professional historians and other enthusiasts will find the varied activities of SIS suited to their tastes. The Society has an international membership. Enquiries about individual instruments should be referred to the nearest history of science museum.
Speakers are usually experts in their field, but all members are welcome to give talks.
Above all, the Society's gatherings are enjoyable social occasions, providing opportunities to meet others with similar interests. This is the Society's journal, published four times a year and sent free to members. It is attractively produced and illustrated, and contains information articles about a wide range of instruments as well as book and exhibition reviews, news of SIS activities, and meetings of related societies. Another feature is a classified advertisement column, and antique dealers and auction houses regularly take advertising space, so that collectors may find the Bulletin a means of adding to their collections. How to join The annual subscription is due on 1 January.