Stephen A. Schwarzman Building > Collections & Reading Rooms

The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

room 117

Established in 1898, the Map Division today holds some 431,000 maps, 16,000 atlases and books about cartography. The collection is international in scope, and dates from the 16th century to the present, with a focus on cities, especially New York City. Computer mapping and Geographic Information Systems [GIS] are new programs of the Map Division. Six computer mapping workstations are located in the newly renovated Map Division for public use.

 

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