from the archives of the Hand Drawn Map Association

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  • Note about the archive

    Note about the archive

    Nowhere

    No location
  • Is that near Hawaii?

    Is that near Hawaii?

    World

    World
    explanatory map, memory map
  • Returning

    Returning

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    Germany
    explanatory map, map as journal
  • Here be the kitchen

    Here be the kitchen

    Chester, United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    cartographies of home, fictional map
  • Small suite space

    Small suite space

    Vancouver, Canada

    Canada
    cartographies of home, investigatory maps, small space surveys
  • Yuca’s

    Yuca’s

    Los Angeles, California

    California
    directional map, maps to food
  • Browne’s Addition Food Map

    Browne’s Addition Food Map

    Spokane, Washington

    Washington
    directional map, maps to food
  • A-Z Addendum

    A-Z Addendum

    London, United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    directional map, maps to food, meta map
  • Neighborhood Memories no. 2

    Neighborhood Memories no. 2

    Arkansas (& Germany)

    Arkansas, Germany
    meta map
  • Neighborhood Memories no. 1

    Neighborhood Memories no. 1

    Woodbridge, Connecticut

    Connecticut
    directional map, memory map, neighborhood maps
  • Maps as comedy

    Maps as comedy

    Location unknown

    Unknown
    explanatory map, map as comedy, neighborhood maps
  • Stairs up to our apartment

    Stairs up to our apartment

    Baltimore, Maryland

    Maryland
    cartographies of home, explanatory map, memory map
  • Turn left under Michigan Ave.

    Turn left under Michigan Ave.

    Chicago, Illinois

    Illinois
    directional map, maps on the back of obsolete ephemera
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The Hand Drawn Map Association is a website and physical archive founded to collect directional maps people draw for one another. Over time, it has grown to include a wide variety of maps, diagrams, and other drawings documenting our experiences of places both real and imagined. To date, the association has collected over 400 digital assets and more than 350 works on paper.

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