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Follow the Map: Reflecting on 200 Years of the Harvard Map Collection
When and where
Date and time
October 25, 2018 · 4pm - October 26, 2018 · 6pm EDT
Location
The Forum Room Lamont Library Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138
Description
In conjunction with the exhibition, "Follow the Map: The Harvard Map Collection at 200," the Harvard Map Collection will be hosting a symposium on the past, present, and future of cartographic collections.
Made possible through the generous gift of Abby Smith Rumsey, AB Radcliffe College, MA, PhD Harvard
Thursday, October 25, 2018
4:00 - 5:45pm - Keynote with Susan Schulten, Professor of History, University of Denver
5:45 - 7:15pm - Exhibition viewing and Reception
Friday, October 26, 2018
9:00am - 5:00pm - Panels and roundtables. Full schedule is available here: http://harvardmaps200.org/
About the organizer
The Map Collection houses geographic materials from 1493 to the present. Since its start two centuries ago, it has grown to encompass 400,000 maps, 6,000 atlases, and 5,000 reference books. It is one of the oldest and largest collections of its kind in the United States.