International Map Collectors' Society
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    London Map Fair (LMF) is taking place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, and it would be wonderful....
    Job Descriptions for the Membership and Financial Secretaries Because of the major....
    A new listing of books from the IMCoS Library that are available for members to purchase is now....
    Malta is the destination for the 2024 IMCoS International Symposium.  It will be held in Valletta,....
    Renown map collector and philanthropist Dr Harold L. Osher died in Portland, Maine on 23 December....
    Portland, Maine International Symposium 11-14 September 2025 Early notification:The Osher Map....

    Join the International Map Collectors’ Society

    Membership benefits include:

    • The IMCoS Map Journal, published quarterly
    • An International Symposium held in a different country: 2024 in Malta, 2023 in Helsinki, 2022 in Sydney and in Texas; 2021 in Brussels; 2018 the Philippines and Hong Kong.
    • The Malcolm Young lecture, delivered by a world-class map expert
    • Online ‘Show & Tell’ Collectors’ evenings
    • Annual trip to a significant map collection

     

    Membership Subscription fees:

    Standard one year membership £60 – Premium three year membership £165  – Annual Junior (under 30 or receiving full-time education) £30 (50% of the annual rate) – Institutions (Libraries, Museums, Universities, etc) £75 for one year.

    Events

    Amsterdam Map Fair, 6-7 September 2024

    6 - 7 September 2024
    The program for the Amsterdam map fair is now available, including a private presentation to....
    Gallery

    In the Gallery you will find small exhibitions of maps, charts and globes. Each is based on a area of cartographic history. The first exhibition deals with the discovery of the passage around the southern American continent.

    Collecting

    This section of the website is dedicated to our collective knowledge about how best to go about collecting, buying, storing and caring for your maps.

    Journal

    IMCoS Map Journal

    The IMCoS Map Journal is a 64-page quarterly publication. It includes a wide range articles on the history of cartography addressing Western, Asian and Arabic mapping practices; its scope is designed to interest our worldwide membership. The journal also covers the activities of the Society, wherever they take place in the world, news from the mapping community around the world, book reviews and letters to the editor.

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