Pre-registration is required for students to visit this special exhibition. View our pricing and admission policies. Register on-line or indicate your interest on your field trip registration form. Requests are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information on our year-round student classes and educator programs, please call 312.665.7500 or register on-line.

Educator Guide

To prepare students for their trip, take advantage of the activities and information provided in the Maps Educator Guide (PDF format, 45pp, 2.8 mb)

Educator Programs

Maps: Finding Our Place in the Classroom
Whatever your own connection to maps, you'll discover unexpected new dimensions of these remarkable objects in Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see more than 100 of the world's greatest maps: Maps from ancient Rome and Babylonia. Gorgeous, ground-breaking maps by Leonardo da Vinci and Mercator. Maps borrowed from the Vatican, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the great libraries of the world. Explore the importance of integrating geography into the classroom--come prepared to think about the world through a new set of eyes! Light breakfast included. Earn 6 CPDUs. K-12.
Saturday, November 3, 2007; 8:30am - 4:30pm
$40; $28
Pre-registration required. Please call 312.665.7500.

Harris Loan Education Center
Teachers and parents can explore concepts of geography and cartography with their students and children by borrowing Harris Educational Loan Center Experience Boxes. Highlights include Africa: The Land, Aztec and Maya Marketplaces, Lewis and Clark, Living Together: Shelter, Maps and Globes: An Introduction to New Zealand, Ocean Highways, and Ocean Harvest. For more information, please call 312.665.7555 or visit our web site.


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Detail at top: Courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago