The International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes

25/09/2026

Interview on globes at ABC-Late Night Life (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) with Nikolaus Schobesberger, the director of the Globe Museum Vienna

A world globe looks like a simple object, but look closely and you can see centuries of discovery, error, ambition and empire. The blank spaces, the imaginary islands, the borders and flags all tell us something about what people knew, and what they thought they knew. Guest: Nikolaus Schobesberger,....

27/07/2026

14/07/2026

Fabian Peise has been working for years on the reconstruction of traditional crafts and techniques. One of his latest posts on his website focuses on globe-making. In doing so, he has drawn primarily on Joseph Jüttner’s 1833 guide. Globenbau im 19. Jahrhundert: Technik und Materialien. https://zunfterbe.de/globenbau

13/11/2025

On 18 September 2025, the General Assembly of the International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes elected a new Executive Board for a term of three years.

President: Jan Mokre, Vienna
First Vice President: Wolfram Dolz, Dresden
Second Vice President: Markus Heinz, Berlin
Secretary General: Nikolaus Schobesberger, Vienna
Treasurer: Elisabeth Zeilinger, Vienna

The photo shows Markus Heinz, Wolfram Dolz and Jan Mokre.
Copyright: Hagen Immel, David Immel Sumid Consult, Potsdam

09/01/2025

Volume 69 of our scholarly journal GLOBE STUDIES has been published. The content of this edition shows the broad spectrum of our interdisciplinary subject: restoration of globes, production of globes, special types of globes, globes in their scientific and socio-cultural contexts, history of individual globe makers, classification of globe objects and aspects of collecting and presenting.

27/04/2024

The Museo Galileo in Florence has organised the exhibition ‘Women of the Sky: From Muses to Scientists’ in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze. Until June 8th, the exhibition examines the role of women in astronomical research, as well as the history of the most popular female constellations in the night sky.
The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday and admission is free.
https://mostre2.museogalileo.it/donne-del-cielo/en/

14/04/2024

A short article about globes and their history for a relaxing Sunday. Have a good time!

London globemaker Peter Bellerby says plenty of people are shelling out big money for orbs as large as 50 inches across.

10/03/2024

Celestial globes with exclusively Christian constellations! Two globes by the Italian cosmographer Amanzio Moroncelli (1652-1719) offer this speciality. One is in the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona, the other is on permanent private loan to the Globe Museum in Vienna. This attempt to "populate the pagan sky with Christian figures" never caught on, but is nevertheless a magnificent example of celestial cartography.
Both museums are well worth a visit!

25/02/2024

At the beginning of February, the so-called "Kepler House" in Regensburg, Bavaria, was reopened after several years of renovation. The house where Johannes Kepler died in 1630 is now open to the public as a museum. The reconstructed living rooms provide an insight into the reality of life in the 17th century and illustrate Kepler's work using numerous scientific instruments.
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
https://www.regensburg.de/museen/die-museen/documente/document-kepler

19/02/2024

Turkey's first and so far only industrial museum, the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, is home to a well-stocked collection of scientific instruments. Among other things, a metal celestial globe from the 14th century can be admired there, as well as several astrolabes from the 17th century.
http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/istanbul/en/home-page