Wonderful Awards & Medals ceremony last night @rgs.org . Best part was celebrating this amazing librarian and friendāso well deserved, Marcy!
Had a great wander around the #GardenMuseum. Loved the gnomes, obviously, and the immersive temporary exhibition on Benton End house, garden, and art school in Suffolk in the 1950s. #museum #london šļø
Like maps? art? Combine the two at this workshop!
31 July, 3:30-5pm, @rgs.org and led by Steph Morris and #FREE to all! (registration required).
#skystorians šļø
Join artist Steph Morris in exploring his exhibition followed by making your own maps with collage and other techniques.
Large, excited crowd to hear from Rose Mitchell, recently retired from the National Archives, speak at the #LondonMapFair. 1/2
The fair is #FREE and open to all @rgs.org today (Saturday) until 7pm and tomorrow 10am-6pm. 2/2
www.londonmapfairs.com
Katie Parker
Katie Parker
Katie Parker
Why not combine participation in the #map workshop with attending the #FREE private viewing of the new Gertrude Bell exhibition that evening!
#exploration #skystorians šļø
Excited for this upcoming conference! Submit an abstract if you are interested in #maps and #archives. #skystorians #AcademicSky šļø
Wandered up the road to Leighton House to see the Arab Hall: Past and Present exhibition. Enjoyed the openness about surviving evidence and willingness to reinterpret inclusively. This is āFacets in Resonanceā (2026) by Kamilah Ahmed. #museums #london
Katie Parker
If you like #art & #maps, don't miss 'Fragile Landscapes: Memory, Migration and Embodied Mapping,' a panel @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social on 25 June.
It is a FREE event chaired by myself and featuring Nirmal Puwar and Rohini Rai, w/the art of Fathi Hassan, sponsored by the Sunderland Collection. šļø
Very excited to bring the art of Steph Morris to @rgs.org! 'Skin maps: semi-permeable cartography' will be in our Director's Gallery from 12 June to 14 August. It is free for Fellows and Members. Public viewings can be arranged or come on one of two public tours, 24 and 28 July. #art #maps
Hear presentations and be the first to view the new exhibition on the life and career of Gertrude Bell FRGS.
www.rgs.org
Katie Parker
A panel discussion on history, cartography, memory, displacement and colonialism, reflecting on work by artist Fathi Hassan on display at the Paul Mellon Centreā¦
www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk
A new exhibition of collages and reworkings of historic maps from the RGS and other archives by Steph Morris.
š¢Call for papers for our 2026 conference āAll Mapped Out: Maps, Plans and Charts in the Archivesā on Tuesday 24th November 2026.
Abstracts submission deadline 5pm on Wednesday 1st July 2026.
For more information: www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/call-fo...
