Author: Joseph Schirò

It was a great honour when the International Map Collectors’ Society (IMCoS), approached the Malta Map Society to host the 41st IMCoS International Symposium in Malta. The Symposium has been named Imago Melitæ 2024 and a programme of activities was created to include lectures and site visits in as many places in Malta with the […]

On the occasion of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, the Spanish National Library (BNE) launched the exhibition History and identity: Europe in 12 maps. The exhibition is the result of a partnership between the cultural institution and the Coordination Office for the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, and […]

On 29 February, 2024 there was the book launch of the Festschrift Custos Divitiarum in honour of Joseph Schirò which was held at the National Library of Malta in Valletta. The event was very well-attended and the speakers were James Licari, the President of the Malta Association of Professional Conservator-Restorers, who took the initiative to […]

On the invitation of the Malta Map Society, Mr Hans D. Kok from Holland, the former President of the International Map Society (IMCoS), delivered a very illuminating talk titled ‘Is it a sea chart?’ to the Malta Map Society members and guests at the National Library in Valletta on Wednesday 30 September 2022. After the […]

Today 24 November 2022, in the session ‘The Joy of Maps’ organised by Malta Libraries, students from Gzira Primary had the opportunity to discuss with the expert Joseph Schirò, collector and conservator of maps, as well as president of the Malta Map Society the joy of maps and the various messages and meanings that they […]

Every year the Malta Libraries organises a Summer Programme of hands-on and library-related activities for young library members and their parents/guardians. All activities used to be organised in the various public library spaces but this year the activities were moved to the National Library to give the young ones the opportunity to visit and experience […]

  41st IMCoS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM The Malta Map Society has been honoured to host the 41st International IMCoS Symposium in Malta. This will be the second time that the Society will be hosting the IMCoS International Symposium which was last held in Malta in 2011. The Symposium which will be named Imago Melitae 2024: 41st […]

On Wednesday, 24th November, the Malta Map Society organised a lecture, ‘The Leonardo da Vinci Globe dating from 1504: a premiere for Malta’ delivered by the eminent Professor Dr Stefaan Missinne at the Casino Maltese in Valletta which drew a “full house”. Among the guests of honour were H.E. President Emeritus Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici […]

Imago Melitae 2021: MMS first Show & Tell The first Malta Map Society Show & Tell event was held on the 19th October 2021. Krystle Attard Trevisan, our Honorary Secretary, managed the screen while Bernadine Scicluna chaired the proceedings. There were five presentations and each talk was 10 mins long. The speakers and the talks […]

On his 97th birthday  which falls on 9th March, 2021, Dr Albert Ganado stepped down as President of the Malta Map Society, and was made Honorary Life Founder President. At 97, he will be taking a well-deserved back seat. Nevertheless, he will continue to help the Society in its activities. To keep a lasting commemoration […]