#  Exhibit: Follow the Map: The Harvard Map Collection at 200 

 



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 **June 26 - October 26, 2018** 

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 **Pusey Library, Harvard Yard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 The Harvard Map Collection began in 1818 with a gift of over 5,000 maps and atlases. Coming not long after a fire had devastated the university’s library, this gift bolstered efforts to repopulate the library. Now, 100 times bigger (and hopefully at least a little wiser), the Map Collection continues to collect new maps, old maps, and geospatial data. Join us at our events in 2018 as we illuminate the stories of the maps, people, and ideas that have defined 200 years of cartography at Harvard.

- Visit our exhibition, “Follow the Map: The Harvard Map Collection at 200,” to explore the growth of the Map Collection. On view from 26 June to 27 October 2018, “Follow the Map” brings together captured Japanese maps from World War 2, hand-drawn nineteenth-century surveys of Bavaria, Early Modern atlases, and aerial photographs taken with cameras attached to pigeons to trace the network of donors, collectors, and curators who have defined the size and scope of the Harvard Map Collection. The exhibition is free and will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 to 5 and Saturdays 10-2.
- On 25 and 26 October, we will run a symposium that brings together scholars from many disciplines to think about the past and future of cartography, map collections, and the circulation of knowledge.
- Our reading room is open 10:30-4:30 Monday to Friday and is open to anyone who wishes to view or research maps.
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 Pusey Library, Harvard Yard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138



 

 



 

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