{"id":1835571,"date":"2024-12-27T10:48:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1835571"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:54:49","slug":"a-map-of-map-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/a-map-of-map-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"A Map of Map Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andrew Middleton, the owner of the Map Center<\/a> in Pawtucket, RI (previously<\/a>), has put together a map of map stores and non-commercial map institutions<\/a> (archives, libraries, etc.). Comment on Bluesky<\/a> to suggest other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Andrew posted about the state of the map store<\/a>, wherein he lays out what makes up his business and where he\u2019d like to go from here. (Mind you, that was before this post<\/a> and this post<\/a> went all sorts of viral.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Middleton, the owner of the Map Center in Pawtucket, RI (previously), has put together a map of map stores and non-commercial map institutions (archives, libraries, etc.). Comment on Bluesky to suggest other places. 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