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Expo - Dessiner le monde, une histoire de la cartographie
📅 Feb 7 – Sep 27, 2026
📍 13 Quai Jacques de Thézac, 29120 Combrit
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"Drawing the world, a history of cartography" takes visitors back in time to understand how our perception of the world has evolved
how our perception of the world has evolved, through the presentation of numerous maps and objects.
Maps that were drawn to represent roads, but not only roads.
Maps depicting stars, winds and currents can be found all over the world.
The exhibition invites you to discover the oldest known map of Europe. It dates back to the Bronze Age, around 2000 BC. It was discovered in Leuhan (Finistère) in 1900. Today, the scientific community agrees that it represents the course of the Odet River and the Montagnes Noires.
Over time, and with scientific progress, maps have developed. From simple coastlines, they have been enriched with information on fauna, flora, populations and their habitat.
Illustrated by artists such as painters and illuminators, maps became art objects in their own right, while gaining in precision and reliability.
Nautical charts, showing coasts, depths and the presence of obstacles, are of course featured in this exhibition. Navigations and the safety of men, ships and their cargo depended on their accuracy.
The exhibition also takes a step back in time, evoking the production of modern maps and the ingenuity of satellite charts.
Today, the whole world is visible in the smallest detail from a smartphone.
To build this exhibition, the Musée de Sainte-Marine collaborated with the Port-Musée de Douarnenez, the Musée de la Pêche de Concarneau and SHOM, the national hydrographic and oceanographic service based in Brest.
how our perception of the world has evolved, through the presentation of numerous maps and objects.
Maps that were drawn to represent roads, but not only roads.
Maps depicting stars, winds and currents can be found all over the world.
The exhibition invites you to discover the oldest known map of Europe. It dates back to the Bronze Age, around 2000 BC. It was discovered in Leuhan (Finistère) in 1900. Today, the scientific community agrees that it represents the course of the Odet River and the Montagnes Noires.
Over time, and with scientific progress, maps have developed. From simple coastlines, they have been enriched with information on fauna, flora, populations and their habitat.
Illustrated by artists such as painters and illuminators, maps became art objects in their own right, while gaining in precision and reliability.
Nautical charts, showing coasts, depths and the presence of obstacles, are of course featured in this exhibition. Navigations and the safety of men, ships and their cargo depended on their accuracy.
The exhibition also takes a step back in time, evoking the production of modern maps and the ingenuity of satellite charts.
Today, the whole world is visible in the smallest detail from a smartphone.
To build this exhibition, the Musée de Sainte-Marine collaborated with the Port-Musée de Douarnenez, the Musée de la Pêche de Concarneau and SHOM, the national hydrographic and oceanographic service based in Brest.