The Winning Post
The ‘Sport of Kings’ was first brought to Great Britain by the Romans. Originally a spectacle for the public, racing continued as a largely private event for centuries after the […]
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Map of the Month: “When the bubble bursts”
This month’s “Map of the Month” feature discusses the role of speculation and map-making in the Mississippi Bubble of 1720.
The Collecting of Nature
Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine), Joseph Wolf 1861. Endangered at the time Wolf drew it from Life at the ZSL, the Tiger was hunted to extinction by the 1930s. In Antiquity, amidst […]
The Making of a Modern River
At the beginning of the 19th century the Thames River was much as it had always been – erratic, unruly and navigationally difficult with waters of changeable quality. The port […]
Maps of the Month
One of the privileges of working in The Map House with such a large collection of antique maps is the ability to compare different printings of the same map and […]
BBC This Week with Sajjan Gohel
We were recently joined by the BBC’s This Week programme for filming in our galleries. In a personal film, Sajjan Gohel discusses security and terrorism just days after the shocking […]
Muggletonian Celestial Charts
A set of six of celestial charts demonstrating the Muggletonian sect’s geocentric astronomical theory, which adamantly refuted the Newtonian standpoint. The Muggletonians were an odd religious sect founded in the aftermath […]
London Original Print Fair 2017: Highlights
We thoroughly enjoyed our very first London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of the Arts (find out more here). Thank you to everyone who came to visit us […]
London Original Print Fair at The Royal Academy of the Arts.
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at the London Original Print Fair in May, held at the Royal Academy of the Arts. An annual affair, the London Original Print Fair […]
Passports: The One Show, with John Simpson
BBC’s The One Show visited The Map House for a spot of filming in our galleries to discuss the history of the passport with foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of […]
