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02/04/2017 @ 10:00 am – 02/05/2017 @ 5:00 pm
2017 Miami International Map Fair
24th ANNUAL MIAMI INTERNATIONAL MAP FAIR
February 3-5, 2017
Friday, February 3 (Open to Full Access Weekend Registrants and Dealers Only)
Saturday & Sunday, February 4-5 Map Fair opens to the public
Make plans to attend the 2017 Miami International Map Fair at HistoryMiami Museum. Immerse yourself in a world of antique maps, rare books, and atlases. Purchase antiquities or modern treasures from the finest dealers from around the world. Whether merely curious or an expert collector, there is a piece for every taste and budget. The fair features free a Expert Opinion on one of your maps, interactive digital map demonstrations and several presentations by renowned experts on many subjects of great interest to cartophiles.2017 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL MAP FAIR INFORMATION:
Friday, February 3: (Full-Access Registrants and Dealers Only)- 10 am-Free City Tour of the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives
- 3 pm-Private VIP Preview and Welcome Reception (Complimentary)
- 6 pm-Cocktail Reception, 7 pm-Tropical Cuban Buffet Dinner at HistoryMiami Museum*
- Map Fair: Dealer Marketplace, Free Expert Opinion
- Presentation: The History of Celestial Cartography – Dr. Nick Kanas – 11 am
- Tour of the HistoryMiami Museum Archives and Research Center collection – 1:30 pm and 4:15 pm
- Presentation: 20th Century Pictorial Maps Panel Discussion – Panelists – 3 pm
- University of Miami Department of Geography and Regional Studies, Interactive Digital Map Demonstrations
- Map Fair: Dealer Marketplace, Free Expert Opinion
- Presentation: Annotated Atlases: Unraveling Stories of Personal Provenance – Dr. Ronald E. Grim – 2 pm
- University of Miami Department of Geography and Regional Studies, Interactive Digital Map Demonstrations
- Saturday and Sunday Presenters:
- Elisabeth Burdon: Panel Moderator/Map Dealer, OLDIMPRINTS.COM
- Ronald E. Grim, MA, PhD: Panelist/Presenter, Curator of Maps, The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
- Dr. Stephen Hornsby: Panelist, author and Trustee Professor, University of Maine System
- Nick Kanas, MD: Presenter, author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. James Utley: Panelist, national speaker, map collector and Senior Medical Director, Aetna
- HMM Members: $75 Non-members: $85
- HMM Members: $15 Non-members: $20 University & High-School Students (with valid School ID) $10*
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- University of Miami Department of Geography and Regional Studies
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