International Map Collectors' Society
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    The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography is a funding opportunity....
    California Map Society 2022 FALL CONFERENCE Saturday, 5 November 9:15AM - 9:30AM | Informal....
    39th IMCoS International Symposium in Texas. There's still time to register for the....
    28 June Visit to Mappa Mundi, Hereford  Our visit starts with a talk by our President, Peter....
    Join us to celebrate our first face-to-face meeting at a reception at the Rembrandt Hotel on the....
    IMCoS AGM 11 June 2022 The IMCoS 2022 AGM will take place at 10am (please arrive by 9:30am so that....

    Join the International Map Collectors’ Society

    Membership benefits include:

    • The IMCoS Map Journal, published quarterly
    • An International Symposium held in a different country: 2022 in Sydney and in Texas; 2021 in Brussels; 2018 the Philippines and Hong Kong; in 2017 in Hamburg; and 2016 in Chicago.
    • Annual dinner & The Malcolm Young lecture in London to coincide with the London Map Fair
    • Collectors’ evening
    • Annual trip to a significant map collection

     

    Membership Subscription fees:

    Standard one year membership £55 – Premium three year membership £150  – Annual Junior (under 25 or receiving full-time education) £27.50 (50% of the annual rate)

    Events

    39th IMCoS International Symposium, Texas

    5 – 8 October 2022
    The Registration, detailed agenda, cost, and hotel information for the 39th Symposium are now live....
    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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