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 . EDIT: Reopen 3rd September 2020 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“Antarctic Sanctuary: Weddell Sea Quest” Al Jazeera at The Map House
In April we welcomed Al Jazeera to The Map House to film part of a documentary in their award-winning Earthrise series and with Greenpeace. Presenter Nick Clark and cameraman Ben […]
“The Fall of the Roman Empire” – BBC Wales / S4C
We opened our galleries to the film crew of Juniper Television for S4C / BBC Wales where they shot an episode for the T. V. documentary series “How Empires Fall”. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blaeu’s of Brazil
These maps impressively detail the Dutch possessions in Brazil. Whilst these colonies were short lived – only existing from 1630 until 1661 – they are powerful in promoting the colony […]