Discover200 Memories

Throughout 2025 we’re celebrating the 200th anniversaries of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and Ri Discourses, and we’re asking as many people as possible to share their memories of these two landmark series. We’ll choose some of our favourite submissions to feature in our year-long Discover200 celebration and all submissions will have a permanent home in the Ri’s archive – your contribution to our living memory of the Ri’s history!

What are your memories of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and/or Ri Discourses?

For example, would you like to highlight a favourite Lecturer, or a favourite demonstration? Or how did watching them make you feel?

Please include as much detail as you’d like to, for example, including your age at the time, where you watched them, who you watched them with, or the impact the Lectures had on you.

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About Your Memories

What are your memories of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and/or Discourses at the Ri?

Were you an audience member who volunteered to assist with a demonstration during filming of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES in our Theatre?

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Did watching the CHRISTMAS LECTURES inspire you to have a lifelong love of science, or follow a career in science?

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Do you have any images you’d like to share with us?

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