The Rocky Mountain Map Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of maps and other items of cartographic interest. The Society was formed in 1991 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Most meetings are held on Tuesday evenings at the Denver Public Library, 5th Floor, Gates Room, at 5:30 PM.

Lectures & Presentations

John Lindemann, "William Maclure's 1809 Geologic Map of the United States"

RMMS Members, "Cartifacts II" (at Lorraine Sherry and Jim Hensinger's Clubhouse)

Mark Greaves, "A Short History of Road Map Publishing from a Collector's Perspective"

RMMS - OCTA-Colorado Joint Conference, "Mapping Historic Trails in Colorado"

Littleton Museum

Lorena Donohue hosted a reception and private tour of "Pivotal Points" Map Exhibit
Co-sponsored by RMMS and OCTA-Colorado

Ron and Jane Gibbs hosted society members at their home and shared their private collections

The American Revolution
The Age of Discovery

Aidan Chopra, "Google Earth: A New Perspective On Geography"

Chris Lane, "How Maps Are Made: The Creation of Printed Maps from the 15 through the 19th Century"

Emmett Evanoff, "Colorado and the Four Great Geological Surveys, 1867-1869"

Imre Josef Demhardt, "Alexander von Humboldt and the Mapping of the Americas"

Stefan Leyk, "19th Century Maps in Modern Environmental Studies: How Technology Can Show Us Something New in Old Maps"

Michael Pound, "Jeppesen: The Man and the Company"

Ralph Ehrenberg, "Mapping the ‘Stoney Mountains’ during the Age of Jefferson"

Steve Hoffenberg, "The Lewis Evans British Middle Colonies - A Collector’s Perspective"

Paul Mathias, "A Remarkable Early (1602) Spanish Manuscript Map of the Southern Plains"

Bruce C. Paton, "Great North American Explorers"

Quest: Trail Maps of the American West
RMMS co-sponsored map exhibit
RMMS private dinner meeting at the Museum
Exhibit & opening reception at the Museum

"Carto Curiosities" AKA "Cartifacts" - (at Lorraine Sherry and Jim Hensinger's clubhouse)

"On High: Cartography of Topography" by Wes Brown

"Thematic Cartography and the Rise of the Nation in the Nineteenth Century" by Susan Schulten

Hoke Perkins, Associate Librarian, of the University of Virginia Library, discussed the map collections in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, including the pledged bequest of the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection. University of Virginia.

"Planning for the Disposition of Your Map Collection or What to Do with the Good Stuff when your Kids aren't Interested" - RMMS panel discussion

The Treasures of the Map Room:The Arthur Lakes Library - (site visit to Colorado School of Mines)

"Where to Draw the Line? Mapping the US-Mexico Border" by Angel Abbud-Madrid

"Impressions of Place" - Exhibit of Prints and Cartography from the Dave and Lily Cole Collection (Site visit to Colorado State University)

"The Changing Face of Colorado - County Boundaries 1861-1913" by Tom Overton.

"The Kansas Pocket Maps of Otis B. Gunn and David T. Mitchell: A Case of Nineteenth Century Promotional Cartography" by Scott R. McEathron. (Site visit toColorado History Museum)

Private Reception: The Graham and Barbara Curtis Print collection, Littleton Museum

Richard Baum hosted society members at his home and shared his private collection

"The Cartography of Indian Country" by Steve Hoffenberg

"Maps on stamps" by Carl Barna

"Captain Cook - The Art of Discovery" by Ron Gibbs

Lorraine Sherry hosted society members at her home and shared her private collections

Terra Australis Incognita (Antarctica)
Cartography of Lithuania and Eastern Europe

"Cartographic myths of North America" by Don McGuirk

"How the 1859 Gold Rush put Colorado on the Map" by Wes Brown

Bill Bostrom hosted society members and shared his significant collection of Colorado material, including a number of important "bird's eye views".

Site Visit to the diverse 1st United Bank Collection

"John Speed 1552-1629" by Jim Hensinger

RMMS Annual visit to a member's home. "Printed Maps and Town Views of Tuscany (1550-1800)"

"Map Collecting 101" by Myron West

"Automobile Road Maps - a perfect way to capture and relive the glorious adventures" by Mark Greaves

"Mapped Myths" - a map-theme program with presentations by RMMS members

"Mapping for the Railroad: John C. Fremont's Disastrous 4th Expedition"

Wes Brown hosted society members at his home and shared his private collections

Historic Maps of Colorado and Western explorations
Printed maps prior to 1600

"Austin to Arrowsmith, The Mapping The Great Southwest"

"The 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemuller; a cartographic gem"

"Collecting and Enjoying Maps of South and Central Asia"

"The Vinland Map"

"Mapping of California as an island"

"The 1475 World Map in the Rudimentum Novitorium"

"20th Century Road Maps of the United States" by Mark Greaves

"The History of Denver in Maps"

"Spanish Discoveries in Western North America"

"Exploration and Mapping of Wyoming"

"The Ruysch Map of 1507 and Sylvanus Map of 1511"

"Art on Paper Exhibition" (site visit to Loveland Museum and Gallery)

"Railroad Maps of Colorado"

"The Maps of Lewis & Clark"

"An 1811 Manuscript Map Of Wyoming"

"Early Maps of Spanish New Mexico" by Paul Mathias

"The Surveys and Maps of Ferdinand Hayden"

"Dutch Cartography from the 16th & 17th Centuries"

"Maps of the Gettysburg Battlefield"

"Early Trails in Colorado"

"Antique Maps on the Internet"

"The Sea of the West" by Don McGuirk

"USGS Re-discovery and Re-publication of the 1894 Colorado James McConnell School Map"

Donald and Diane McGuirk hosted society members at their home and shared their "Sea of the West" collection

Special Events

Map Fairs

Lectures & Presentations