{"id":1818313,"date":"2023-09-05T11:23:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1818313"},"modified":"2023-09-05T11:23:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:23:38","slug":"from-academieland-to-zelda-fictional-map-exhibition-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/from-academieland-to-zelda-fictional-map-exhibition-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"From Academieland to Zelda: Fictional Map Exhibition at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.harvard.edu\/exhibits\/academieland-zelda\"><strong><em>From Academieland to Zelda: Mapping the Fictional and Imaginary<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, an exhibition of fictional maps at Harvard University\u2019s Pusey Library, runs until 3 November 2023. The <em>Harvard Gazette<\/em> (the university\u2019s official press outlet) has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/08\/getting-lost-in-fictional-maps-narnia-middle-earth-westeros-twin-peaks-oz-zelda\/\">a writeup<\/a>. \u201cCalling the exhibition \u2018kind of a mishmash,\u2019 curator Bonnie Burns, head of geospatial resources at the Harvard Map Collection, said that \u2018within the exhibit you have maps that are kind of theoretical, like nursery rhymes and Fairyland maps. And then there\u2019s a big chunk of maps of literature\u2014Middle Earth to Narnia.\u2019\u201d Many familiar maps, old and new, in this exhibition, at least for those of us who\u2019ve been studying this field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Academieland to Zelda: Mapping the Fictional and Imaginary, an exhibition of fictional maps at Harvard University\u2019s Pusey Library, runs until 3 November 2023. The Harvard Gazette (the university\u2019s official press outlet) has a writeup.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/from-academieland-to-zelda-fictional-map-exhibition-at-harvard\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[50,31,21],"class_list":["post-1818313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-exhibitions","tag-fantasy-maps","tag-harvard","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4427,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/05\/exhibitions-in-the-northeast\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818313,"position":0},"title":"Exhibitions in the Northeast","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 May 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"A new exhibition at Harvard University's Pusey Library, Manuscript Maps: Hand-Drawn Treasures of the Harvard Map Collection, \"highlights the process of mapmaking by looking at maps drawn by hand.\" Opened yesterday; runs until September 27. Meanwhile, in Schenectady, New York, there's another exhibition at Union College's Kelly Adirondack Center: Parts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/harvard-manuscript-maps-120x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1784906,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/literary-maps-exhibition-at-harvards-houghton-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818313,"position":1},"title":"Literary Maps Exhibition at Harvard&#8217;s Houghton Library","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Landmarks: Maps as Literary Illustration, an exhibition of literary and fantasy maps at Harvard's Houghton Library, is free to the public and runs through 14 April 2018. \"Presented in conjunction with the bicentenary of the Harvard Map Collection, this exhibition brings together over 60 landmark literary maps, from the 200-mile-wide\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Maps and Literature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/landmarks-houghton-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5455,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/map-exhibitions-in-boston\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818313,"position":2},"title":"Map Exhibitions in Boston","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Opening today at Harvard University in front of the Map Collection in Pusey Library and running until 28 February,\u00a0Look but Don't Touch: Tactile Illusions on Maps looks at the use of simulated textures in maps. Beginning particularly in the eighteenth century, philosophers began to debate what role each of our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/birds-eye-eastern-railroad-1024x819.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/birds-eye-eastern-railroad-1024x819.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/birds-eye-eastern-railroad-1024x819.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/birds-eye-eastern-railroad-1024x819.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3930,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/02\/where-disaster-strikes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818313,"position":3},"title":"Where Disaster Strikes","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 February 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Where Disaster Strikes: Modern Space and the Visualization of Destruction, an exhibition of\u00a0disaster maps, is taking place now until 19 April at Harvard's Pusey Library. Floods, fires, earthquakes, volcanoes, bombings, droughts, and even alien invasions: disaster can take many forms. And, although disasters are always felt dramatically, a disaster\u2019s form\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/where-disaster-strikes.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/where-disaster-strikes.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/where-disaster-strikes.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/where-disaster-strikes.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1786210,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/the-harvard-map-collection-at-200\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818313,"position":4},"title":"The Harvard Map Collection at 200","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 September 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The Harvard Map Collection is celebrating its 200th anniversary. 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