Grand Celebration and Exhibition to mark OML's Reopening

15 October 2009: American Treasures opens in new OML Gallery

16 October 2009: Thoreau's Cartographic Explorations: Imaging Nature through Maps by John W. Hessler, Senior Cartographic Librarian, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. 7pm. Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine (Portland campus). Open to the public.

17 October 2009: New Directions in the Study of Early American Cartographies, a one-day conference at the new Osher Map Library, featuring presentations by four scholars who pursue new and exciting directions in the study of mapping of early America (pre-1840). For more information, click here. Registrants will be able to take guided tours of OML's new facilities. Click here to register.

18 October 2009: (afternoon) open-house, ribbon-cutting, tours, family fun for the community.


Current OML Exhibition
March 14 through June 21, 2009:
 

 

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration in American Culture
March 14 through June 21, 2009, Portland Museum of Art


"The fascination of maps as humanly created documents is found not merely in the extent to which they are objective or accurate. It also lies in their inherent ambivalence and in our ability to tease out new meanings, hidden agendas, and contrasting world views from between the lines on the image."

J. B. Harley

visitors since May 17th, 1996.


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