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Brussels, Belgium
Organisation: The Brussels Map Circle (BIMCC)

Annual General Meeting

10.00-12.00
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) opens only for Brussels Map Circle active members. All members are encouraged to become Active Member by applying to the President at least three weeks before the meeting .
A personal invitation to this AGM with the agenda and the possibility of proxy vote will be sent out to all Active Members by separate mail at least two weeks before the meeting.

Map Afternoon

14.00-17.00
The MAPAF will be organised in close cooperation with the Maps and Plans Department of the Royal Library of Belgium. Every participant is invited to bring along a map, object, book or anything else of cartographic interest from his own collection to be presented and discussed by the present fellow members. Always an excellent occasion to learn more in a convivial atmosphere. If you have the intention to show an item, please let it know to Henri Godts at henri@arenbergauctions.com
  • No entrance fee for Members.
  • Entrance fee for non-Members: EUR 5.00.
  • Fees are to be prepaid on our bank account before the MAPAF: IBAN BE52 0682 4754 2209 BIC: GKCCBEBB.
  • No cash payments during the event please.

Practical

  • Public transport: Central Station and metro station Central Station / Centraal Station / Gare Centrale.
  • Public parking: Interparking Albertine-Square.
    Venue: Map Room of KBR (Royal Library of Belgium)


    Brussels, Belgium
    Organisation: BIMCC
    In december 2025 the new cartography museum 'MAP-Mercator' will open its doors in Sint-Niklaas.
    About 400 maps, atlasses, globes and instruments (with 4 ‘Vlaamse Topstukken’ (Flemish masterpieces)) will be presented on a huge surface of 1.150 square metres. The presentation will be hybrid: a classical display of maps and documents combined with innovative multimedia.
    The museum will ask the simple question: “What is a map?” and enquires why and how maps (are and) were made and how they (are and) were used. Curator and historian of the museum Ward Bohé will take along the attendants in the complexe story of ‘the making of’. How did we create the thematic exhibition plan? Which criteria did we develop for the selection of the different historical maps, globes and atlasses? What know how will be embedded in digital presentation technology that will be used? A lot of questions and even more answers! The exhibition plans will be shown. With an overview and explanation of some 100 of a total of 400 maps, atlasses and globes that will be displayed.
    Venue: Map Room of KBR (Royal Library of Belgium)
    Time schedule: 17.00-19.00