A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

When a Chat Over Wine Turned to Russian Hacking

Wine Rooms Heritage  DONALD TRUMP Got into trouble here when a chat over wine turned to Russian hacking The Mueller Enquiry Submitted by @SebastianEPayne

Wine Rooms Heritage  DONALD TRUMP Got into trouble here when a chat over wine turned to Russian hacking The Mueller Enquiry Submitted by @SebastianEPayne

    Plaque on former base of Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Bayswater Road, London

    At the corner of Bayswater Road and Inverness Terrace. As noted on the plaque, this building was the home of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1940-1945, and the base from which the 1942...

    At the corner of Bayswater Road and Inverness Terrace. As noted on the plaque, this building was the home of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1940-1945, and the base from which the...

    • commemorative plaque
    • czechoslovakia
    • geograph
    • memorial plaque
    • historic sit...

    Plaque by Speke Memorial, Kensington Gardens

    This information plaque is in front of the memorial to John Hanning Speke. © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    This information plaque is in front of the memorial to John Hanning Speke. © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    • memorial plaque
    • historic sit...
    • geograph

    Alexander Herzen 1812 - 1870 Russian Political Thinker lived here 1860-1863

      Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

        Borough of Paddington 1900

        Ornamental plaque on Westbourne Terrace Road Bridge at Little Venice. © Copyright Colin Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

        Ornamental plaque on Westbourne Terrace Road Bridge at Little Venice. © Copyright Colin Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

        • paddington
        • historic sit...
        • geograph

        Plaque showing location of Great Exhibition in Hyde Park

        This plaque installed recently shows the location of Crystal Palace in 1851 as a dotted line on a map of the present layout of the park. There are also plaques showing the location of each corner...

        This plaque installed recently shows the location of Crystal Palace in 1851 as a dotted line on a map of the present layout of the park. There are also plaques showing the location of each...

        • park and pub...
        • geograph
        • crystal palace
        • hyde park
        • city
        • town centre
        • historic sit...

        Penicillin

        SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING 1881 - 1955 DISCOVERED PENICILLIN IN THE SECOND STOREY ROOM ABOVE THIS PLAQUE I was strolling through Paddington yesterday. Spotted a wonderful plaque. This discovery saved...

        SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING 1881 - 1955 DISCOVERED PENICILLIN IN THE SECOND STOREY ROOM ABOVE THIS PLAQUE I was strolling through Paddington yesterday. Spotted a wonderful plaque. This discovery saved...

        • london
        • england
        • penicillin
        • fleming
        • storey
        • above this plaque

        Plaque showing S-E corner of 1851 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park

        The plaque is set into the pavement, and the other corners have similar plaques. See TQ2779 : Plaque showing location of Great Exhibition in Hyde Park for plaque showing a map of the location of...

        The plaque is set into the pavement, and the other corners have similar plaques. See TQ2779 : Plaque showing location of Great Exhibition in Hyde Park for plaque showing a map of the location of...

        • park and pub...
        • geograph
        • crystal palace
        • hyde park
        • city
        • town centre
        • historic sit...

        Blitz Bombing Damage at the V&A

        Submitted by Nick Bateman

        Submitted by Nick Bateman

        • blitz
        • ww2
        • war
        • damage
        • museum
        • bombing

        Blue plaque of Alan Turing

        On the side of the Colonnade Hotel, which in 1886 was a hospital (the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies). See TQ2682 : The Colonnade Hotel, Paddington. See Link for more details...

        On the side of the Colonnade Hotel, which in 1886 was a hospital (the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies). See TQ2682 : The Colonnade Hotel, Paddington. See Link for more details...

        • people
        • events
        • historic sit...
        • geograph

        Plaque to Sir Francis Galton

        This plaque on 42 Rutland Gate refers to Galton as a statistician and founder of (the controversial theory of) eugenics; he also invented fingerprinting. See TQ2779 : 41/42 Rutland Gate for...

        This plaque on 42 Rutland Gate refers to Galton as a statistician and founder of (the controversial theory of) eugenics; he also invented fingerprinting. See TQ2779 : 41/42 Rutland Gate for...

        • city
        • town centre
        • francis galton
        • housing
        • dwellings
        • geograph

        Rosalind Franklin

        Via Open Plaques 496 By Spudgun67 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

        Via Open Plaques 496 By Spudgun67 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

        • franklin
        • watson
        • crick
        • dna

        Henry's Townhouse

        Submitted by @Ritterton.

        Submitted by @Ritterton.

        • jane austen

        Henry Austen's Townhouse

        Submitted by @Ritterton.

        Submitted by @Ritterton.

          Dwight D Eisenhower plaque, London W1

          A plaque, on the American Embassy TQ2880 : The American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Square, marking not so much the general Link but the fact that his WWII headquarters were in the...

          A plaque, on the American Embassy TQ2880 : The American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Square, marking not so much the general Link but the fact that his WWII headquarters were in...

          • defence
          • military
          • world war ii
          • people
          • events
          • geograph
          • embassy
          • city
          • town centre
          • london
          • dwight d eisenhower

          Royal Artillery Memorial Statue

          Submitted by @Ritterton.

          Submitted by @Ritterton.