The International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes (German: Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Globenkunde) is a non-profit academic organization devoted to the analysis, restoration and comprehensive study of terrestrial and celestial globes and other cosmographical instruments, such as armillary spheres and planetaria, mainly made before 1850.
[1] Founded in Vienna in 1952 by the Austrian engineer and private scholar Robert Haardt [de] (1884–1962), the Society's name is an hommage to Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, and publisher Vincenzo Coronelli (1650–1718).
[2] The eponymous Coronelli was not only a renowned producer of large-scale globe pairs, but also the founder of the first geographical society in the world, the Venetian Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.
[3] Since 1963, it has furthered the study of globe-related topics, including inventorying, restoration and conservation,[4] which have been discussed in dedicated international symposia.
[5] Since its foundation in 1952, the society publishes a journal, Der Globusfreund: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Globenkunde.