The International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes

On 18 September 2025, the General Assembly of the International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes elected a new Executive Board for a term of three years.

President: Jan Mokre, Vienna
First Vice President: Wolfram Dolz, Dresden
Second Vice President: Markus Heinz, Berlin
Secretary General: Nikolaus Schobesberger, Vienna
Treasurer: Elisabeth Zeilinger, Vienna

The photo shows Markus Heinz, Wolfram Dolz and Jan Mokre.
Copyright: Hagen Immel, David Immel Sumid Consult, Potsdam

Volume 69 of our scholarly journal GLOBE STUDIES has been published. The content of this edition shows the broad spectrum of our interdisciplinary subject: restoration of globes, production of globes, special types of globes, globes in their scientific and socio-cultural contexts, history of individual globe makers, classification of globe objects and aspects of collecting and presenting.

The Museo Galileo in Florence has organised the exhibition ‘Women of the Sky: From Muses to Scientists’ in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze. Until June 8th, the exhibition examines the role of women in astronomical research, as well as the history of the most popular female constellations in the night sky.
The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday and admission is free.
https://mostre2.museogalileo.it/donne-del-cielo/en/

A short article about globes and their history for a relaxing Sunday. Have a good time!

Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes. Here's why they remain so alluring London globemaker Peter Bellerby says plenty of people are shelling out big money for orbs as large as 50 inches across.

Celestial globes with exclusively Christian constellations! Two globes by the Italian cosmographer Amanzio Moroncelli (1652-1719) offer this speciality. One is in the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona, the other is on permanent private loan to the Globe Museum in Vienna. This attempt to "populate the pagan sky with Christian figures" never caught on, but is nevertheless a magnificent example of celestial cartography.
Both museums are well worth a visit!

At the beginning of February, the so-called "Kepler House" in Regensburg, Bavaria, was reopened after several years of renovation. The house where Johannes Kepler died in 1630 is now open to the public as a museum. The reconstructed living rooms provide an insight into the reality of life in the 17th century and illustrate Kepler's work using numerous scientific instruments.
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
https://www.regensburg.de/museen/die-museen/documente/document-kepler

Turkey's first and so far only industrial museum, the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, is home to a well-stocked collection of scientific instruments. Among other things, a metal celestial globe from the 14th century can be admired there, as well as several astrolabes from the 17th century.
http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/istanbul/en/home-page

We wish all globe enthusiasts a wonderful start to the new year and look forward to numerous cartographic highlights in 2024!

Globe sculpture at the North Cape © Jens Koopmann

A highlight of globe art at the end of the year! In Krakow, in the museum of the Jagiellonian University, you will find the so-called Jagiellonian globe, made around 1510/11. However, the university and its collection are not only famous for this, but also for its former student Nicolaus Copernicus. The museum displays numerous high-calibre globes and instruments.

Volume 68 of our scholarly journal GLOBE STUDIES has been published. The content of this edition shows the broad spectrum of our interdisciplinary subject: restoration of globes, production of globes, special types of globes, globes in their scientific and socio-cultural contexts, history of individual globe makers, classification of globe objects and aspects of collecting and presenting.

Even if the wonderful Atlas Farnese has already had to make its journey home to Naples, a visit to the "Engine Room of the Gods" exhibition at the Liebieghaus Frankfurt, which has been extended until 21 January 2024, is highly recommended!
And if there's still time after the exhibition, it's worth making a detour to the neighbouring Städel Museum, where you can admire Vermeer's "The Geographer", among other works!

The second part of the wonderful "Berlin Globe Collection". A visit to this great collection can only be recommended!