Mapcon at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Posted on September 7, 2018 Updated on September 7, 2018

By Judy Aulik

Every year the RMCA (Road Map Collectors Association) holds a meeting and map show. This year, for the first time, it will be held in conjunction with the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian, in Hershey, PA. The RMCA will have a display wing devoted to navigation, i.e., the history of the road map and road atlas, beginning with a British 1904 Pratts atlas, through the modern station locator maps, still given out by some gasoline/convenience store chains.

Keeping with organizational tradition, Thursday night (Sept. 20) is devoted to room-to-room trading at our hotel, but Friday and Saturday are more formal, with trade with our member/dealers from 9:00-5:00 on the 21st, and from 9:00-2:00 on the second day. (Shortened Saturday hours accommodate the members’ meeting.) We are proud to have Robert Spencer, of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine, as our guest speaker at our hotel dinner.

Non-dealers attending will be able to not only see the RMCA area but can tour the museum for the admission cost of $12 for adults, $11 for Seniors (61+) and $1 less for AAA members. To help offset the admission fee, all attendees receive a voucher that is worth 10 free maps from the $1 table which has hundreds to choose from or 10 free State Official maps. We will have our State Official Map table at the entrance.