BBC News filming, July 2020
The Map House hosted BBC News reporter James Waterhouse to film a segment about the newly announced ‘air bridges’ following travel restrictions set in place due to the international corona-virus […]
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Collaborative exhibition with MATCHESFASHION
A collaborative curated and evolving exhibition by The Map House will be on show at 5 Carlos Place from Monday 4th November 2019 onwards (open from 10am until 6pm). Adorning […]
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 […]
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 […]