Useful Website Links for
Collecting Old Maps

MAP COLLECTORS SOCIETIES
List of worldwide societies: http://jhensinger.org/Map_Societies/index.html
International Map Collectors’ Society: www.imcos.org
The Brussels Map Circle: www.bimcc.org
International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes: www.coronelli.org
Society for the History of Discoveries: www.sochistdisc.org

COLLECTOR INTERESTS
WWII Aviator’s Escape Maps: www.escape-maps.com
History of Cartography: Map History www.maphistory.info
Harley, J.B. and David Woodward, The History of Cartography www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC
Miniature Maps: www.miniaturemaps.net
A.J. Johnson Publishing and the Family Atlas: www.johnsonmapproject.org
Arbuckle’s Coffee Map Cards: www.arbycards.info
Road Maps: http://roadmaps.org
Smithsonian List of Worldwide Exhibitions: www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/search.htm
For Students: https://www.titlemax.com/articles/cartography-and-mapping-skills-for-transportation/

ONLINE MAP AND ATLAS COLLECTIONS
List of Collections: www.maphistory.info/collections.html
David Rumsey Map Collection: www.davidrumsey.com
Historic Map Works: www.historicmapworks.com
Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
National Library of Australia: www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/maps
National Library of Scotland: http://maps.nls.uk
New York Public Library: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org
Osher Map Library: www.oshermaps.org
Stanford University: Maps of Africa http://lib.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa
        Glen McLaughlin Map Collection http://lib.stanford.edu/california-as-an-island
University of Chicago Map Collection: www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps
University of Iowa Libraries: Iowa Maps Digital Collection http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/maps
Smithsonian Libraries: www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy

MAP FAIRS
Miami International Map Fair: www.historymiami.org/visit/map-fair
London Map Fair: www.londonmapfairs.com
Chicago Map Fair: www.chicagomapfair.com
Map Fair of the West: www.rmmaps.org and http://www.texasmapsociety.org
Paris Map Fair: www.map-fair.com
Milan Map Fair: www.milanomapfair.it

MAP VALUATION
American Book Prices Current: www.bookpricescurrent.com
Antique Map Price Record: www.oldmaps.com
Invaluable: www.invaluable.com
Rare Book Hub (formerly Americana Exchange): www.rarebookhub.com

CONSERVATION
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works maintains a directory of professional conservators at www.conservation-us.org