Fantastic Worlds

UW-Madison Department of Geography

Highlights

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am

6 hours

Robinson Map Library, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53706

Date & Location

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm (CDT)

Robinson Map Library, 550 N Park St, Wisconsin 53706

550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706-1404, United States

About the event

Fantastic Worlds

In 1981, Karen Wynn Fonstad authored “The Atlas of Middle-earth,” the official geographic guide to the world of author J.R.R. Tolkien.

This summer, for the first time, Wynn Fonstad's original hand-drawn maps will be exhibited to the public. Curated by her son, UW–Madison alum and geographer Mark Fonstad, the Fantastic Worlds exhibition will illustrate how this groundbreaking cartographer shaped our collective understanding of fantasy geography

Learn more here: https://geography.wisc.edu/madgeognews/2025/06/27/maps-on-display-fantastic-worlds-exhibit-coming-this-summer/

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