Exhibits

Important and unusual acquisitions of AGS Library since 1978

Posted on October 22, 2018 Updated on October 22, 2018

The AGS Library at UW-Milwaukee: Celebrating 40 Years In August, 1978, Milwaukee welcomed the American Geographical Society (AGS) Library to its new home at the UW-Milwaukee Libraries.

Our exhibits for this special anniversary year highlight the library’s activities and achievements over the last 40 years, including this one focusing on some of the important and unusual acquisitions of the AGS Library since coming to Milwaukee.
October 2018 through January 2019

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18th Century Missional Maps in the Amazon Basin Exhibit at the AGS Library

Posted on April 27, 2018 Updated on April 27, 2018

April 26th was the Maps & America lecture sponsored by Arthur and Jan Holzheimer. The speaker was Dr. Carme Montaner, Head, Unitat Cartoteca de Catalunya, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona. Her talk “18th Century Missional Maps in the Amazon Basin: The Case of Ocapa Monastery in Peru” was accompanied by an exhibit of materials from the AGS Library as curated by Jovanka Ristic.

Here are photos from the exhibit. Click on any image to open a larger view.