{"id":1840818,"date":"2025-05-21T12:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1840818"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:55:52","slug":"the-osher-map-librarys-2025-illustrated-mapmaking-contest-for-maine-elementary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/05\/the-osher-map-librarys-2025-illustrated-mapmaking-contest-for-maine-elementary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"The Osher Map Library\u2019s 2025 Illustrated Mapmaking Contest for Maine Elementary Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Osher Map Library\u2019s illustrated mapmaking contest<\/a> for elementary school students has been a thing since 2016. For the 2025 contest, some 350 entries<\/a> from Maine fourth, fifth and sixth graders were received. They\u2019ve been narrowed down to twelve finalists; the winners, who get prizes, will be determined by public vote<\/a>\u2014which ends tomorrow, so go have a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Osher Map Library\u2019s illustrated mapmaking contest for elementary school students has been a thing since 2016. For the 2025 contest, some 350 entries from Maine fourth, fifth and sixth graders were received. They\u2019ve been… 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":[49,139],"tags":[1012,1733,447],"class_list":["post-1840818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-education","tag-competition","tag-illustrated-maps","tag-osher","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1560,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/the-golden-age-of-american-pictorial-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1840818,"position":0},"title":"The Golden Age of American Pictorial Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Golden Age of American Pictorial Maps is an exhibition running until 3 September 2016 at the University of Southern Maine's Osher Map Library. (If you can't go there physically, there's plenty online at the link, too.) \"Curated by Dr. Stephen J. Hornsby, co-editor of the Historical Atlas of Maine\u00a0[previously]\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Capital of a New Trade Empire, 1929. Sheet map, 33\u00d730 cm. 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The opening was also broadcast live on YouTube; if you missed it,\u00a0the archived video can be watched there. And if you can't get to Portland Maine,\u00a0The exhibition's\u00a0companion website is now live,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John Murray, Map Shewing the Discoveries Made by British Officers in the Arctic Region, 1828. Map, 41.5 \u00d7 52 cm. 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At the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. Opened\u00a015 March, runs until 29 April.\u00a0BusinessWorld. [WMS] The Osher Map Library's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3138,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/10\/exhibition-writeups\/","url_meta":{"origin":1840818,"position":4},"title":"Exhibition Writeups","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 October 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"A\u00a0couple of reviews\u00a0of\u00a0recent map exhibitions that I've mentioned before. First,\u00a0the Arctic Journal looks at the Osher Map Library's current exhibition,\u00a0The Northwest Passage: Navigating Old Beliefs and New Realities (see previous entry). 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This exhibition invites you to think about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Tourist Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Tourist Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/tourist-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Banner image for the Osher Map Library\u2019s exhibition, Vacationland","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/osher-vacationland-1024x512.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/osher-vacationland-1024x512.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/osher-vacationland-1024x512.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/osher-vacationland-1024x512.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840819,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840818\/revisions\/1840819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}