The Saint-Junien winter exhibition explores the notion of cartography from an educational, historical and artistic perspective.
Visitors will discover that all maps are visions of the world, fragmentary, particular, dependent on the state of science and knowledge, subject to the needs of their commissioners, be they sailors, kings or merchants, gold diggers or geologists. Over the centuries, travelogues, great navigations and discoveries have contributed to this history, as have technical and scientific advances. In return, maps have fed the imaginations of writers and storytellers.
In parallel, a reading room and 2 workshops? Imaginarium mundi and Terra incognita? will round off the exhibition, prior to the Nuits de la lecture 2026, which will take place from January 21 to 25 on the national theme of "Towns and Countryside"
Visitors will discover that all maps are visions of the world, fragmentary, particular, dependent on the state of science and knowledge, subject to the needs of their commissioners, be they sailors, kings or merchants, gold diggers or geologists. Over the centuries, travelogues, great navigations and discoveries have contributed to this history, as have technical and scientific advances. In return, maps have fed the imaginations of writers and storytellers.
In parallel, a reading room and 2 workshops? Imaginarium mundi and Terra incognita? will round off the exhibition, prior to the Nuits de la lecture 2026, which will take place from January 21 to 25 on the national theme of "Towns and Countryside"
