Mapping Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection
Date: March 20 2019
Place: George Peabody Library, 17 E Mt Vernon Pl Baltimore MD 21202
Join us for a special tour of the Willard Hackerman collection of Maryland maps at the George Peabody Library. Learn about the collection, William Hackerman, GIS at Hopkins, and other Sheridan Libraries resources from curators Jim Gillispie and Paul Espinosa.
From colonial impressions of the Chesapeake Bay to detailed city plans for guiding Baltimore’s rapid expansion, this exhibition features over thirty of the most stunning and historically significant maps of Maryland from the collection of the late businessman, philanthropist, and Johns Hopkins alumnus Willard Hackerman. The maps are brought together with related rare books and prints, ephemera, and digital story maps to reveal the passion of a collector, the early mapping of Maryland, and the potential of combining historical maps with modern data to re-examine the past. Highlights include John Ogilby’s “Lord Baltimore Map” from 1671, a hand-colored edition of Thomas H. Poppleton’s 1822 “Plan of the City of Baltimore,” and engraved views of Baltimore from the Harry N. Baetjer Collection of Historical Maps and Prints.
More information can be found at https://www.library.jhu.edu/about/exhibitions/
Light refreshments will be available, including beer and wine, as you peruse the collection.
17 Mt. Vernon Place is the main entrance for the Peabody Institute and the George Peabody Library.
Street parking is available and parking is available for a fee at several locations:
- Peabody Parking Garage at 616 St. Paul Street (on the right, approaching the intersection at Centre Street)
- Former Baltimore Sun Garage at 601 N. Calvert Street
- Central Parking (across from the Walters) at 600 Cathedral Street
- Franklin Street Garage at 15 W. Franklin Street
Visitors may also take advantage of the Charm City Circulator or BaltimoreLINK.
See you there!
