24 & 25 November 2006 – 9th European Map Fair

Another good antique map fair coming up:

Details:

Friday 24 November 2006
open: 14.00 – 20.00

Saturday 25 November 2006
open: 11.00 – 17.00
GROTE KERK, BREDA
(The Netherlands)

In November 1998 The European Map Fair held its first exhibition in the Grote Kerk of Breda in the Netherlands.

The European Map Fair is organized by the Foundation of Historical Cartography of the Netherlands (Stichting Historische Cartografie van de Nederlanden). This foundation collects money to support historical map research and publications. The foundation is working closely with the Historical Map department at the University of Utrecht.

All the employees of the European Map Fair are working on a non profit base.
From the very first beginning the European Map Fair was a big success.
Dealers in old maps, atlasses and globes from all over Europe were very enthousiastic about the posibilities of the European Map Fair.

The 14th century beautiful interior of the Grote Kerk was off course part of it. The Map Fair includes an exhibition about a historical map subject.

More info:
http://www.histocart.nl/

Preserving antique maps

After accumulating more and more antique maps and/or other objects, the next step is to preserve them in the most ideal way.

The following counts for most of the antique objects.

Keep in mind that direct light can damage your antique maps. Especially sunlight can have a devastating effect on your antique maps. Keep all maps away from direct sunlight or any strong light source. Extreme light can fasten the chemical process that damages your beloved antique.

The second point is the humidity. For optimal preservation the room’s humidity should not be to high neither low. Low humidity can dry out your wooden frames while high humidity makes it ideal for insects to breed fe.

Keeping the optimal balance is a must !

When you are feeling the humidity is a little to high in a certain exposure place, it may be enough to put on some light; That light will decrease humidity at that spot.

While you are searching a room with a good humidity, make sure that it has the right temperature. Mostly, the best temperature for your antique maps are the places in your home where it’s a little cooler than the rest of your home. Rooms with constant temperature change are to be avoided ( like your living room where the temperature is influenced by the constant heating and cooling down of doors opening and closing, day/evening/night, etc ) .

That’s it for today

More coming up soon !