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Anniversary celebrations for RIC 200

Anniversary celebrations for RIC 200

On the same date that the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) came into being on 5 February 1818, the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro held a special event to celebrate the organisation’s 200-year history. The Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Bolitho and Chief...
2018 marks the RIC’s 200th anniversary

2018 marks the RIC’s 200th anniversary

Two hundred years ago, on 5 February 1818, a group of men and women gathered at the County Library in Truro. When they left a few hours later, they had established a society of learning and culture that still exists and thrives today. The Royal Institution of Cornwall...