A Unique Collection of Operational D-Day Maps
Utah An extraordinarily rare surviving ultra-top secret operational map for landing craft commanders on Utah Beach used during the D-Day landings. “Top Secret – Bigot” was the Allies’ highest level […]
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The Mapping of the Moon: 1669 – 1969
The Map House is delighted to announce a new exhibition entitled The Mapping of the Moon: 1669-1969, exploring 300 years of lunar and celestial cartography from early astronomers in the 17th […]
Nellie Bly, Game Changer
This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating a remarkable woman – pioneer of investigative journalism in America, rights activist and intrepid traveller, Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864-1922), better known as Nellie […]
Homes & Antiques Magazine, February 2019
A fine selection of our sumptuous star maps are featured in this February’s Homes & Antiques Magazine, in their Look to the stars edit, full of stargazing-inspired pieces great for […]
Beauchamp Place Christmas Street Party: Live globe-making with The Little Globe Co.
On Wednesday 5th December, we hosted a live globe making demonstration with talented artist & cartographer Loraine Rutt of The Little Globe Co., as part of the Beauchamp Place Christmas Street Party. Huge thank you to Loraine […]
Live globe making demonstration at The Map House with Loraine Rutt
The Map House is excited to announce a unique opportunity to see a demonstration of globe making by artist and globe maker Loraine Rutt of The Little Globe Co. on […]
“The Greatest Explorer that Never Was” – Geographical Magazine, December 2018
The Map House features in the December issue of Geographical, Magazine of The Royal Geographical Society, a 5-page Explorers feature by Charles Roberts on George Melville Boynton, the late 19th Century explorer, occasional mapmaker and […]
The Nearest Point of Heaven and Earth
From Olympus to Vesuvius, Everest to Kilimanjaro, mountains have held a powerful even intoxicating significance to every culture on earth. They have inspired poets, pilgrims and explorers alike and their […]
Maps of London & Beyond, Adam Dant Exhibition: highlights and press features
As our Adam Dant exhibition, Maps of London & Beyond, comes to a close, we thought we would share some of the highlights and press features from the past three weeks. Maps […]
Maps of London & Beyond: Adam Dant at The Map House with TAG Fine Arts
In partnership with TAG Fine Arts, The Map House is delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting artist and cartographer, Adam Dant in our galleries to celebrate the release […]
