As part of its makeover, the SteM in Sint-Niklaas, is changing its name to MAP – Musea Aan het Park. The museum manages the Mercator Museum, which became MAP-Mercator, for a reopening in December 2025. More information here.
The Trustees of Imago Mundi CIO announce that the eleventh Imago Mundi Prize has been awarded to Patrick Ellis for his article ‘“Maps to the Homes of the Stars”: California, Celebrity, and Cartography in the Twentieth Century’. Imago Mundi Vol. 76, Part 2: 167–189.
Read the article here (free or charge).
Willem Jan Neutelings donated his collection of 250 globes - most of them dating from the 20th century - to the MAP – Musea Aan het Park (formerly the SteM/MercatorMuseum) in Sint-Niklaas. To find out more, read these two interviews:
UCL Press announce the publication of a new open access book: Reconnoitring Russia: Mapping, exploring and describing early modern Russia, 1613-1825, by Denis J. B. Shaw.
The book can be found on the UCL Press website.
The Newberry has recently completed the digitization of over 750 maps printed in Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Franco Novacco Map Collection, one of the strongest of its kind in the world, reflects Europeans’ evolving conceptions of the world during a time of widespread exploration and colonization.
More information here.
Publication of the September issue of Maps in History has been delayed due to events beyond our control. We are working hard to have it printed in the coming weeks so that you can receive it in your mailboxes by the end of October.
We apologise for delaying your enjoyment of reading MIH.
