Indefinite - Jacksonville, Florida
The Lewis Ansbacher Map Collection contains some 244 antiquarian maps of Florida and Florida cities, North and South
America, and the world. It includes historical views and plates focusing on northern Florida. Most of these maps are on
permanent display in the Morris Ansbacher Map Room on the fourth floor of the Main Library, 303 N. Laura Street.
Indefinite - Montreal
Treasures of the Museum at The Stewart Museum at the Fort, 20, chemin Tour de l'Isle, Île Sainte-Hélène.
Indefinite - Savannah
Mapping the Past: A Selection of Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection, lst Floor Map Galleries. Newton
Center for British-American Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (2 doors
north of the Savannah Visitors Center). Open to the public free of charge Mon.-Fri. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm. Maps
depicting North America, Great Britain, Georgia, and the world are on view in the Newton Center's three map galleries.
Highlights include 1597 maps from the earliest atlas of the Americas, 1776 military maps, and other 18th- and
19th-century maps, many of them hand colored. Cartographers include Wytfliet, Hondius, Monath, Lotter, d'Anville,
Faden, Lodge, Cary, and Wyld. For further information or to arrange group tours, Maureen Burke, Ph.D., Exec. Museum
Director, Newton Center Museum; call (912) 525-7191.
Indefinite - The Hague
De verdieping van Nederland : duizend jaar Nederland aan de hand van topstukken uit de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en
het Nationaal Archief [The legacy of the Netherlands : a thousand years of Dutch history based on treasures from the
National Library of the Netherlands and the National Archives] is an exhibition at Prins Willem Alexanderhof of items
from the National Library and National Archives. Included are several manuscript and printed cartographic items. Open
Monday till Saturday: 9.00 - 17.00, Tuesday evenings from 17.00 - 20.00, Sunday: 12.00 - 17.00. Telephone information
070-3140911/070-3315400.
Indefinite - Vienna
The Globe Museum of the Austrian National Library, Palais Mollard, Herrengasse 9, is the world's only institution
devoted to the study of globes and related instruments like armillary spheres and planetariums. On display in eight rooms
are many of the more than 460 globes owned by the Museum. Additionally there is a bilingual (German and English)
multimedia presentation about globe history, globe making, and the use of globes. Additional information from Tel.: (+43
1) 534 10-710 or Fax: (+43 1) 534 10-319.
Indefinite - Washington
Exploring the Early Americas is an exhibition featuring the 1507 Waldseemüller "World Map," the first map to use the
name America; and rotating items from the Jay I. Kislak Collection, which includes rare books, manuscripts, historic
documents, maps and art of the Americas. Also on display is Waldseemüller's "Carta Marina" or Navigators' Chart; and
the Schöner Sammelbund, a portfolio that contained two world maps and other cartographic materials. The exhibition is
in the Northwest Gallery of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. The exhibit is free and open to the public, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Indefinite - Washington
The Library of Congress presents Maps in Our Lives, an exhibition in recognition of a thirty-year partnership between the
Library's Geography and Map Division and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), the nation's
primary professional organization dedicated to the nation's surveying and mapping activities. This exhibition explores four
constituent professions represented by the ACSM -- surveying, cartography, geodesy, and geographic information
systems, and draws on both the Library's historic map collections and the ACSM collection in the Library of Congress.
The exhibit is in the foyer of the Geography and Map Division in the basement of the Madison Building, 101
Independence Avenue.
Until August 11, 2008 - Arlington, Texas
University of Texas at Arlington's Special Collections, sixth floor, Central Library, 702 Planetarium Place, exhibits
Mapping the Red Menace: British and American news maps in the early Cold War period, 1945 to 1955 The exhibit
looks at foreign affairs with a geographic perspective. Free. 817-272-3393.
July 2007 - indefinite 2008 - London
Hollar as a Mapmaker is a small display in the Map Reading Room Lobby of the British Library, 96 Euston Road, in
honour of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Czech artist and etcher Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Best known
for his landscapes, portraits, fashion plates and depictions of antiquities, Hollar also had a lifelong love of maps and
earned a living by etching them. Some of the most outstanding but little-known decorative examples of his work are
featured, with an accompanying leaflet. Included are views, portraits, and his anguished cartographical portrayal of the
English and Czech civil wars and what is perhaps the most minute panorama and bird's-eye view of London ever to be
created.
November 3, 2007 - May 9, 2010 - Texas
The exhibit, titled Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps, consists of 64 historic maps from the Yana and Marty
Davis map collection dating from 1548 to 2006. The exhibit will have maps that deal with railroads, shipping and trading
posts. The maps range from 16th-century exploration to the development of airlines. The book "Going to Texas" is based
on the exhibit (Texas Christian University Press, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0875653440). This exhibit will travel around Texas
during its two-year tour. It can be seen at:
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture in Dallas - November 3, 2007 - February 28, 2008
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in Canyon - March 13, 2008 - April 24, 2008
Museum of the Southwest in Midland - May 8, 2008 - June 19, 2008
Mayborn Museum Complex at Baylor University in Waco - July 3, 2008 - August 14, 2008
Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg - September 4, 2008 - October 16, 2008
Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock- November 6, 2008 - December 18, 2008
Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine - January 2, 2009 - February 21, 2009
Centennial Museum in El Paso - March 5, 2009 - April 16, 2009
Old Jail Art Center in Albany - June 6, 2009 - September 6, 2009
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth - April 2, 2010 - May 9, 2010
November 23, 2007 - October 31, 2008 - Old Forge, New York
All Aboard - Up the Tracks is a new exhibit on display at the Goodsell Museum on Main Street. This exhibit will feature
photographs of railroad passenger stations, sidings, and flag stops in the Town of Webb and neighboring communities.
The exhibit will also contain maps of many of the railroads through the Town of Webb area including the early Peg Leg
Railroad, Adirondack and St. Lawrence, Fulton Chain Railroad, Raquette Lake Railway and industrial railroads.
January 23, 2008 - August 29, 2008 - San Francisco
Paris has its boulevards; New York has its avenues; San Francisco has its streets. For a century and a half, the Streets of
San Francisco have been celebrated in literature, song, and myth. They have also inspired a spate of films and television
series where intrigue is played out on the hills and every other car chase ends with an explosion or abrupt plunge into the
Bay. But who were the men - and, on occasion, women - whose names are perpetuated in asphalt and concrete? The
identity of these individuals, from explorers and pioneers to politicians and hookers, is the subject of the exhibition The
Streets of San Francisco at The Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth Street. The Streets of San Francisco
incorporates maps, photographs, prints, and artifacts that recall San Francisco's transformation from mission outpost to
instant metropolis.
January 26, 2008 - September 20, 2008 - New Orleans
The exhibit Surrounded by Water: New Orleans, the Mississippi River & Lake Ponchartrain will include maps from the
collection of the Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street.
January 28, 2008 - January 17, 2009 - Charlottesville
"On the Map" American Maps from 1500 to 1800 from the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection is at the main gallery at the
Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, and the Albert and Shirley Small
Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. "On the Map" will feature three centuries of early American maps
from the collection of noted map scholar and collector, Dr. Seymour I. Schwartz. The exhibition brings together a
selection of rare, significant maps that chronicle the Age of Exploration, European empire-building, the French and Indian
War, and the American Revolution. "On the Map" explores the many layers of information contained within maps-highlighting the artistry of their production, the history of cartography, and changes in printing and navigational
technologies.
February 26, 2008 - August 24, 2008 - Montreal
In honor of the 400th anniversary of Québec City, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) will exhibit
Ils ont cartographié l'Amérique at the Grande Bibliothèque, 475, boul. De Maisonneuve Est. This exhibit is a reminder of
the vital role played by Québec in transmitting geographic knowledge. The BAnQ has published a book supporting the
exhibit in two versions: in English ("Mapping a Continent: Historical Atlas of North America, 1492-1814") and in French
("La mesure d'un continent : atlas historique de l'Amérique du Nord, 1492-1814").
February 2, 2008 - July 27, 2008 - Baltimore
Mapping the Cosmos is scheduled to coincide with Maps: Finding Our Place in the World in the Walters Art Museum,
600 North Charles Street. This exhibit will present images of the universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble
images have been instrumental in discovering new facts about the cosmos and in tracking its evolutionary history over
billions of years. These panoramas of time and space are "maps" of scientific data, but they are also aesthetic objects of
striking power and beauty. This is part of the Baltimore Festival of Maps.
February 15, 2008 - May, 2009 - Lockport, Illinois
Nobody is sure how long the old maps had been in that forgotten cast iron vault, nothing but twine and luck holding them
together. It wasn't until officials delicately unfurled the crumbling relics that the significance of the discovery came to
light: a Civil War-era snapshot of Will County, and its movers and shakers, in remarkable detail. The twin 1862 plat maps,
which were discovered in a county archive room in 2007, were in such poor shape that restorers needed to carefully
combine them, painstakingly dissecting areas of one to fill in holes on the other. The Graphic Conservation Co. of
Chicago spent more than six weeks on the effort, including cleaning, matting and framing. But the result is an authentic
and stunningly vibrant portrait of a county in a time of war and change.The 4-foot-by-5-foot map is the showcase piece of
The Origins of Will County exhibit in Will County Historical Society, 803 South State Street. The exhibit chronicles the
lives of the county's early pioneers, business leaders and important figures in the throes of the Industrial Age. The restored
map is already creating a buzz in the county's historical community, providing researchers a fascinating glimpse into a
world thought lost to history. Already, historians have located three previously unknown Native American reservations on
the map. The Ce-Na-Ge-Wine tribe had lived for a time in Wilton Township; the Man-I-To-Qua in Frankfort Township,
and a third simply called Raccoon Grove in Monee Township. These tribes, believed to be long extinct, were never
mentioned in the county's historical record or shown on previous plat maps. The map not only shows who the major
landowners were, it also provides the names and locations for businesses and features hand-engraved etchings of the
homes of the county's prominent residents. Museum hours are Tuesday - Sunday, Noon - 4:00pm.
March 2008 - March 31, 2009 - Boulder, Colorado
In honor of the International Polar Year (March 2007-March 2009), the Map Library of University of Colorado, 2200
Colorado Avenue, has created an exhibit Polar Regions. This is the fourth in a series of exhibits on the topic of
landscape/geography in literature. It features maps, poetry, and prose about the Arctic and Antarctic, and writings
inspired by the regions' extremes of climate. Inuit authors are represented in a variety of styles, from song to narrative.
The influence of polar explorers' reports on Romantic literature is also highlighted. Maps in the exhibit range from a 16th
century depiction of the North Pole and surrounds, to satellite imagery of Antarctic ice fields. Texts include Inuit
descriptions of encounters with white explorers, nature writing, and early 19th century poetry by Eleanor Anne Porden
Franklin, first wife of polar explorer John Franklin.
March 21, 2008 - October 30, 2008 - Stamford, Lincolnshire
England's grandest and largest house of the first Elizabethan Age, Burghley, will be offering visitors a chance to get up
close to the Tudor way of life in a new visitor exhibition, The Age of Elizabeth at Burghley, which combines royal
intrigue and movie magic. Taking pride and place at the heart of the exhibition is the Burghley Nef. Shaped like a ship and
made from parcel gilt silver and nautilus shell, it was crafted in Paris around 1527. In the film a replica was the
centrepiece deployed on a Tudor chart of Europe on which Elizabeth and her councillors plotted against the Spanish
Armada. Joining the real Burghley Nef for the exhibition will be rare and priceless Elizabethan items including William
Cecil's atlas, complete with annotated maps listing in his own hand the spy contacts he ran throughout Europe. Also on
view will be the draft death warrant for Mary Queen of Scots, drawn up by Cecil and reluctantly signed by the Queen.
March 26, 2008 - August 18, 2008 - Baltimore
Baltimore City's straight-line boundaries, vertical orientation and variety of water features are the perfect elements for
great graphical presentation. Baltimore: A Cartographer's Delight features maps from the Sheridan Libraries' extensive
collection of more than 215,000 maps. Part of the Baltimore Festival of Maps, the exhibit is in the M-Level of
Homewood's Milton S. Eisenhower Library, 3400 North Charles Street. On display are maps dating from the mid-19th to
the 20th century, highlighting the city's growth and development and its rail and trolley systems. Also featured are early
design plans for Johns Hopkins University's East Baltimore and Homewood campuses.
April 11, 2008 - October 1, 2008 - Hendersonville, North Carolina
The new Henderson County Heritage Museum opens as part of the grand opening ceremonies of the renovated Historic
Courthouse. Let Freedom Ring is the theme of the first exhibit. Rare artifacts, original maps, graphics, photographs and
rare sketches, along with multi-media productions, will tell the story of veterans in the county, from the Revolutionary
War to the present.
April 20, 2008 - October 5, 2008 - New York
The Mapping of Ukraine: European Cartography and Maps of Early Modern Ukraine, 1550-1799 includes 42 original
maps published by European mapmakers over a 250-year period at the Ukrainian Museum, 222 East Sixth Street
(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues). A majority of the maps in the exhibition are from the Museum's Marie Halun Bloch
Collection, which consists of 52 maps bequeathed to the Museum by the Ukrainian American writer of children's books
upon her death in 1998. A fully illustrated, bilingual catalogue with an introduction by Dr. Bohdan Kordan, the curator of
the exhibition, will accompany the exhibition. Open Wed-Sun 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
April 25, 2008 - September 15, 2008 - Madrid
The city council of Madrid sponsors several activities to commemorate the Bicentennial of May 2, 1808. Madrid 1808.
Guerra y territorio. Mapas y Planos (1808-1814) is an exhibition at Museo de Historia, Calle Fuencarral 78. It includes
90 works, including maps, prints and models. When Napoleon decided to take full control of Spain the only decent
cartography that existed for the Iberian Peninsula concerned the frontiers and sections of the coastline; there were hardly
any maps of the interior. Napoleon's army counted with units whose job it was to survey the countries they were so busily
invading and so it was that many of the first quality maps of inland Spain were a product of the French army. Many of
these maps are displayed. Some of the maps show the villages of Chamartin, Vallecas or Hortaleza lying quite clearly
some distance from the city. In addition there is a visual guide to events in Madrid on the 2nd May 1808 showing how the
day developed in different parts of the city.
May 2008 - mid-August, 2008 - Corona del Mar, California
A collection of old maps showing California as an Island is on display at Sherman Library & Gardens, 2647 East Coast
Highway.
May 2008 - August 2008 - Edmonton, Alberta
A Most Dangerous Voyage, an exhibition of books and maps documenting four centuries of exploration in search of a
Northwest Passage is at Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Rutherford South Library, University of Alberta. Several
polar maps from the William C. Wonders Map Collection augment the exhibition, as does a Cary globe dated 1845.
May 1, 2008 - October 26, 2008 - Greenwich
Cousteau in the Underworld, forming a major part of an overall retrospective "anthology" of works of Simon Patterson
entitled the Undersea World and Other Stories, is a map-based art exhibit at the National Maritime Museum. This
anthology investigates Simon Patterson's consistent explorations of the sea, stars and time - themes central to the
collections and research at the National Maritime Museum. Some 23 Admiralty charts - from those of Francis Beaufort
(1811-12), W.H. Smyth (1821-44), and Owen Stanley (including one of the Iberian Peninsula) - are 'amended' by the
artist, enlarged and printed on canvas, and suspended around the walls.
May 8, 2008 - August 16, 2008 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Lands of the Sophi: Iran in Early Modern European Maps (1550-1700) will be on display in the Map Gallery Hall
outside Harvard Map Collection, Pusey Library, Harvard University. For more information contact David Cobb at
617-495-2417.
May 9, 2008 - September 7, 2008 - Gatineau, Québec
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier
Street, utilizes rare surviving Native and European artifacts, maps, documents, and ceremonial objects from museums and
royal collections on both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a path-breaking exhibition. A 1622 broadside advises English
settlers on what to pack for their journey to the Virginia. A wampum belt from the French royal collection illustrates how
gift-giving became an important tactic as the French sought alliances with the Huron people. Spanish armor engraved
with Christian symbols exemplifies the religious dimension of the Spanish conquest of New Mexico. After this showing
the exhibition travels to the Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico (October 25, 2008-March 29, 2009), and the
International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (May 18-October 31, 2009).
May 14, 2008 - July 31, 2008 - Rochester, New York
Mapping the University is an exhibit that features depictions of the University of Rochester as viewed on maps, including
birds-eye views and aerial photographs, over time. Can be viewed at Rush Rhees Library, Great Hall, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
May 17, 2008 - November 15, 2008 - China
Are you interested in seeing science from above? Curious to see what impact one single person or invention can have?
Keen to find pockets of innovation? Desperate for better tools to manage the information flood? Or are you simply
fascinated by maps? Then visit the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit at:
May 17 to June 30 - The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BeiSiHuanXiLu, No.33, Beijing.
July 15 to August 15 - Chinese Academy of Sciences branch in Lazhou.
September 1 to October 1 - Chinese Academy of Sciences branch in Chengdu.
October 15 to November 15 - Chinese Academy of Sciences branch in Wuhan.
May 17, 2008 - August 17, 2008 - Cincinnati
If we equate maps with truth, what power does the mapmaker possess? Maps have a remarkable effect on our view of the
world. At the root of their power is our frequently unquestioning acceptance of cartographic messages. Though we
equate maps with truth, it is crucial to be conscious of the omissions and limitations of the map making process in order
to create a readable map. Thus in turn, maps and their makers have the ability to manipulate their audience with the
information chosen to include. Uncoordinated: Mapping Cartography in Contemporary Art addresses the subjective
nature of mapping, how we locate ourselves in consideration of changing boundaries and territories, and how we give
visual form to boundaries, territories and land masses. Artists in this exhibition confront the politics of naming of places,
cartographic attacks on ethnic sensitivity, maps as evidence in boundary disputes, extension of terrestrial boundaries into
nautical masses, and maps as scientific and political voice. The war in Iraq and the Middle east, the changing scape of
New Orleans, the shifting boundaries in Africa, expanding cities, suburbs, dwindling country and rezoning in our local
communities- all of these issues are materials for artists in the exhibition. Exhibit can be seen at Contemporary Arts
Center, Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, 44 E. 6th Street.
May 23, 2008 - August 1, 2008 - Kampen, Netherlands
Meten = Weten. Kampen en omgeving op weg naar het kadaster 1832 shows the background materials required to set-up
the land register for several municipalities. On display are documents related to land registration including cadastral maps.
Exhibit is at Gemeentearchief Kampen, Molenstraat 28.
May 23, 2008 - August 31, 2008 - Alpine, Texas
The Museum of the Big Bend currently features Tracks Across Texas : Railroad Maps from the Marty Davis Collection.
Using maps, interpretive panels, artifacts and government records, this exhibit traces the development of the railroad in
Texas, from the initial surveys in 1854 through the railroad consolidations of the late 1920's.
May 29, 2008 - July 10, 2008 - Leuven
In honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gemma Frisius, the Central Library, University of Leuven, will have an
exhibit Gemma Frisius Cartograaf (1508-2008).
May 30, 2008 - August 31, 2008 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Charting the Peaceful Sea: Maps of the Pacific, 1642 - 1846 is now on display at the Dunedin Public Library's Reed
Gallery, 110 Moray Place. Twenty-one maps, ranging from a facsimile of Abel Tasman's seventeenth-century map of
'Staten Land' (the first to show part of New Zealand's coastline) to nineteenth-century charts of the Antarctic ice barrier,
are included in the exhibit. Nine maps by Captain Cook are also available for viewing.
May 31, 2008 - September 9, 2008 - Cleveland
Vatican Splendors from Saint Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Swiss Guard features over 200 works of art
and historically significant objects, many of which have never before left the Vatican. Among the items on display are
early maps and atlases of North America, and a compass Michelangelo may have used in building St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome. The exhibit will be at The Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard. It will move to Minnesota
History Center, St. Paul, on September 27, 2008.
June 6, 2008 - August 10, 2008 - Oldenzaal, The Netherlands
Historical atlases and maps, including an atlas of Oldenzaal, from the collection of Willy Ahlers are on display at two
locations - Historisch Museum "Het Palthehuis" (Marktstraat 13), and in Openbare Bibliotheek (Ganzenmarkt 11).
June 11, 2008 - August 24, 2008 - Auckland
Antarctica: "a tale to tell" is an intriguing exhibition of books, maps, manuscripts, photographs and ephemera at the
Central City Library, 46 Lorne Street, heritage floor, level 2. The title is from Captain Scott's last message to the public:
"What a tale we would have to tell … that would stir the heart of every Englishman." Items exhibited have been chosen
from the library's special collections and cover a wide period, from early exploration through to the Erebus disaster, and
more recent environmental concerns.
June 14, 2008 - September 1, 2008 - Kalamazoo
Thomas Jefferson's far-reaching interest in the sciences is the theme of The Sciences...My Supreme Delight, an exhibition
that will fill the first-floor gallery of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N Rose St. It features scientific instruments,
furniture, maps and Native American objects from the period of Jefferson's life, all from the private collection of Paul
Millikan, retired professor of history at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
June 18, 2008 - November 23, 2008 - Amsterdam
Seven different Atlas Maior of Blaeu from the collection are on display, as well as several individual Blaeu maps. Work of
other map makers of the Blaeu era such as Janssonius and Frederick de Wit is also represented. The exhibition further
shows printed travel diaries to India and the journal of the unfortunate discoverer Willem Barentz. Special collection of
the University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 129; Tel. 020-5257300.
June 28, 2008 - October 31, 2008 - Fort Worth, Texas
The Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard, will display several fine maps from University of Texas at
Arlington's Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library. The maps span the nineteenth century, from Aaron
Arrowsmith's great 1796 Map of the United States of North America, with "Additions to 1802" to a colorful 1902
chromolithographed map showing not only the American West but also territories acquired by the U.S. in the
Spanish-American War of 1898. Among the rarest of these gems is a large map of Mexico drawn by John H. Robinson, a
medical doctor who accompanied Zebulon Pike's famous and ill-fated western expedition in 1806-1807.
June 28, 2008 - October 5, 2008 - Rotterdam
In search for Eldorado" is on display at the Maritime Museum. The exhibition shows charts and maps of the Guyana's
from the 16th until the 19th century. It tells the story of the adventurers and pioneers who tried to build a new life there.
One of the highlights of the exhibition is the first published Dutch map of Surinam by the surveyor Willem Mogge. made
in 1671.
June 28, 2008 - September 14, 2008 - Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
The separation of the Northern and Southern Netherlands in the 16 and 17th century was not easy. It took many years of
war against the occupying Spanish empire. The story of this Eighty Years War is illustrated in the exhibition The XVII
Provinces in old maps: the story of a turbulent separation through more than 40 unique maps of the era. At the
Mercatormuseum, Zamanstraat 49. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 14-17h., Sunday 10-17 h. Additional information
from telephone +32 (0)3 760 37 50.
June 29, 2008 - September 1, 2008 - Fishers Island, New York
This year's exhibition at the Henry L. Ferguson Museum features Maps of Fishers Island and environs from first
European discovery to date. Additional information from phone: (631) 788-7239.
July 5, 2008 - September, 2008 - Shreveport, Louisiana
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 3201 Centenary Blvd., has an exhibition, Early Maps of the United States.
The exhibit features maps and manuscripts from 1507 through 1865 showing how the locations and shapes of various
states changed through the years. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
Contact (318) 861-7615 for more information.
July 8, 2008 - October 19, 2008 - Los Angeles
The Marvel and Measure of Peru: Three Centuries of Visual Histories, 1560-1880 is an exhibition of a recently
rediscovered manuscript, textiles, books, prints, maps, watercolors and photographs. On display at Getty Center, 1200
Getty Center Drive. Opens 10 a.m.-6 p.m
July 14, 2008 - August 28, 2008 - Williamstown, Massachusetts
The Travelogues: Narratives of Travel and Adventure display celebrates the popularity and influence of travel and
adventure narratives, which are a perfect form of escapism during the summer months. The cultural impact and influence
of travelogues is highlighted through the wide array of books available in this genre from traveling gourmets in search of
flavorful meals in Europe to aging acquaintances reconnecting on the hiking trails of America. The display also includes
travel photography, posters, and maps from Sawyer Library's collection. Exhibit is in Sawyer Library Lobby, Williams
College, 55 Sawyer Library Drive.
July 15, 2008 - October 15, 2008 - Williamsburg, Virginia
Jamestown Settlement is pleased to present A New World: England's First View of America, an exhibition of nearly one
hundred watercolors by the Elizabethan artist John White that constitute the only surviving visual record of England's first
settlement in North America. The exhibit is organized by the British Museum, London. In 1585 White sailed with the
earliest expedition to "Virginia" and produced a series of beautiful watercolors that documented his voyage. The
exhibition includes all of White's drawings of the region's Algonquian Indians, as well rare maps and charts, and
associated works by his contemporaries. The exhibition presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to glimpse the land and
people of North America at the moment when Europeans encountered them for the first time. The drawings of John
White are seldom on display and travel less than once a generation. An accompanying catalog, with the same title as the
exhibit, is edited by Kim Sloan, Curator of British Drawings and Watercolors before 1800 at the British Museum, and
published by The University of North Carolina Press (ISBN 978-0-8078-3125-0 cloth, 978-0-8078-5825-7 paper).
July 23, 2008 - September 5, 2008 - Tucson
Ranching is a long-forgotten way of life for many Arizonans. Rodeos are mere remnants of what once constructed the
area's economic backbone, and cowboy hats are more indicative of fashion than of an actual lifestyle. The Empire Ranch,
founded by Walter Vail in 1876, was one of Arizona's largest cattle ranches in the late 1800s. A bevy of its artifacts -
territorial maps, photographs and cowboy paraphernalia - is currently on display in the Special Collections room of the
University of Arizona Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd. Summer hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
July 28, 2008 - August 29, 2008 - Lincoln, Massachusetts For as long as there have been roads in Lincoln, there have been complaints about the roads in Lincoln. In an 1821 survey of local roads from Boston to Wellfleet, surveyor John Hales described Lincoln's roads as "crooked, narrow and hilly, little traveled on and much neglected." "The roads within the limits of the town are generally uneven and in bad repair," he wrote. Cynics might say not much has changed since Hales' time, but Lincoln's roadways have come a long way. From narrow dirt paths to modern asphalt thoroughfares, Lincoln's roads have evolved as the town has grown. Getting There! - a new exhibit at the Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Road - traces this evolution. The exhibit, presented by the Lincoln Historical Society, includes a series of nine illustrative maps from the collection of former Historical Society president Kerry Glass. Each of the maps, which date as far back as 1635 - more than a century before Lincoln's incorporation, is accompanied by explanatory text placing them in historical context and a gold star indicating the relative position of the library, where the exhibit is housed.
August 1-29, 2008 - Ingersoll, Ontario
David Thompson (1770-1857) fur trader, astronomer and surveyor, mapped more of North America than anyone else.
His journals, letters, maps and autobiography provide detailed insights into the fur trade, the Native People he
encountered, the lands he explored, and milestones in his life. The year 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of
Thompson's death and the 200th anniversary of his first crossing of the Rocky Mountains - a fitting occasion to
commemorate North America's "Greatest Geographer." David Thompson, Map Maker, Explorer and Visionary, a
traveling exhibit from the Archives of Ontario, displays some of his journals, letters, and maps at the Cheese &
Agricultural Museum, Plank Line.
August 18, 2008 - September 14, 2008 - Munich
Atlases of the Mannheimer Palatina are on display at the Bavarian State Library, Ludwigstr. 16.
August 18, 2008 - December 20, 2008 - Richmond
The Library of Virginia, 800 E Broad Street, will have an exhibition, From Williamsburg to Wills Creek: The
Fry-Jefferson Map. This exhibition will focus on the sources and sequels of the Fry-Jefferson map, created by Joshua Fry
and Peter Jefferson in 1755. Included in the exhibit of most of the states of the Fry-Jefferson map is the Library's
beautifully struck and excessively rare ca. 1755 printing; 20 years older than the paler version usually seen. The exhibit
also documents, with manuscript surveys, surveying equipment and printed maps; the earlier work which made the
Fry-Jefferson map possible. Finally, it shows the influence of the map on successor maps, including Thomas Jefferson's
own fine map of Virginia.
August 25, 2008 - December 20, 2008 - Arlington, Texas
An exhibit of maps at University of Texas at Arlington's Special Collections will include numerous impressive smaller
maps from the library's collection as well as some significant maps generously loaned by the DeGolyer Library at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas and by a private collector.
September 16, 2008 - October 16, 2008 - Darmstadt
The University and Federal State Library Darmstadt will exhibit maps from 16-18th century books that are in the Library's
collection.
September 20, 2008 - May 10, 2009 - Winchester, Virginia
An exhibition entitled Jed Hotchkiss - Shenandoah Valley Mapmaker will open to the public at the Museum of the
Shenandoah Valley. The exhibit will feature 60 maps and sketches by Jed Hotchkiss, including maps made while serving
as topographical engineer in the 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A., as well as examples of maps he made as
an engineer and surveyor after the war. Of special interest will be the display of his great map of the Shenandoah Valley
made at the behest of General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. Hotchkiss is recognized today as one of nineteenth century
America's finest mapmakers. The exhibit will contain both manuscript, printed, and digital reproductions. Curators of the
exhibit are Robert Grogg (National Park Service, retired) and Richard W. Stephenson (Library of Congress, retired).
October 25, 2008 - March 29, 2009 - Albuquerque
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings, at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road
NW, utilizes rare surviving Native and European artifacts, maps, documents, and ceremonial objects from museums and
royal collections on both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a path-breaking exhibition. A 1622 broadside advises English
settlers on what to pack for their journey to the Virginia. A wampum belt from the French royal collection illustrates how
gift-giving became an important tactic as the French sought alliances with the Huron people. Spanish armor engraved
with Christian symbols exemplifies the religious dimension of the Spanish conquest of New Mexico. After this showing
the exhibition travels to the International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (May 18-October 31, 2009).
September 13, 2008 - November 30, 2008 - Rivarolo Mantovano, Mantua
The exhibition I Gonzaga delle Nebbie. The history of the cadet branch that ruled the lands between the Oglio and Po
rivers will be on display at Palazzo Pubblico. People call them Gonzaga delle Nebbie or the Gonzaga from the mists, and
this noble and powerful family will be the chief attraction of the new exhibition. The exhibition aims to divulgate the
history of the branch of the Gonzaga family descending from Francesco Gonzaga (1445-1496); a family that after the
death of Ludovico II and the fragmentation of his vast estate ruled all the lands between the Oglio and Po rivers for more
than two centuries. In the first section of the exhibition called "Sala di città" visitors will have the opportunity to see and
admire old maps and pictures of all the towns, from Gazzuolo and Bozzolo to Rivarolo, Pomponesco, and Isola
Dovarese, once ruled by these cadet branches of the Gonzaga family. Opening hours: 10:00 - 19:00 from Monday to
Sunday.
May 18, 2009 - October 31, 2009 - Washington
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings, the International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,
utilizes rare surviving Native and European artifacts, maps, documents, and ceremonial objects from museums and royal
collections on both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a path-breaking exhibition. A 1622 broadside advises English
settlers on what to pack for their journey to the Virginia. A wampum belt from the French royal collection illustrates how
gift-giving became an important tactic as the French sought alliances with the Huron people. Spanish armor engraved
with Christian symbols exemplifies the religious dimension of the Spanish conquest of New Mexico. The Smithsonian's
International Gallery, located in the S. Dillon Ripley Center on the National Mall at 1100 Jefferson Drive S.W.
September 25, 2009 - February 14, 2010 - New York
Exploring Unknown Shores: 1609-2009 is at the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. This is a
"Hudson-Fulton-Champlain exhibition" that will take the waterside view of New York harbor and its neighboring
watersheds, wetlands, coastlines, sounds, and shores. The exhibition will put the port in its historic context at the
midpoint along the northwest coast of the Atlantic, a point aimed at by Henry Hudson as he sought the mythical
Northwest Passage to Asia. The Dutch settled in the area when it was found to be a convenient port for trans-shipment of
furs and pelts back across the North Atlantic to Amsterdam. The British found it handy to bivouac here throughout the
American Revolution, and mapped and charted the area thoroughly during their stay. Once the United States was
established, the need for accurate, locally produced charts was met by private concerns and the newly established United
States Survey of the Coast. With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, the port of New York came into its own as a
major export station for wheat, corn and other produce from the heart of America. The complexity of the piers and ferries
and shoreline businesses gives a vibrancy and unique flavor to the maps and charts of the port of New York and
neighboring waters: Connecticut River, Long Island Sound, the Raritan, Sandy Hook, the Jersey shore and the Delaware
River. This entire area was once called Nieuw Nederland, an aspect of local history that is much forgotten.