The Antiquarium Antique Maps and Prints, Fine Custom Framing

Leveraging an exquisite antique print and map gallery, The Antiquarium in Houston Texas, Ed Grusnis and his team are passionate about helping families and businesses build meaningful collections and decorate with taste and style while preserving important cultural artifacts.

Founded in 1990 and family owned and run, The Antiquarium is Houston and the Southwest’s leading brick and mortar gallery and online resource for original antique prints and maps, one-of-a-kind gifts and the highest quality custom framing. Our original antique maps and prints, sourced from all over the world, have graced the interiors of thousands of the nation’s most beautifully decorated homes and businesses. The Antiquarium’s meticulously curated inventory of antique maps and prints spans more than six centuries of human thought and endeavor and includes museum quality items from the late Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The Age of Discovery, The Elizabethan Era, The Age of Enlightenment, The Industrial Revolution and the Long Nineteenth Century.

Our collection focuses on original, museum quality maps and prints from England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, The United States and elsewhere. We offer items of lasting value and beauty that depict contributions to humankind's quest for discovery, exploration, cultural advancement and scientific understanding. The Antiquarium also carries an exquisite selection of custom framing, exclusively hand-picked by our own creative team of design enthusiasts.

We offer fine quality original prints by giants in the world of botany, zoology, natural history and architecture. Our collection also includes one-of-a-kind historic and scientific objects that make truly unique gifts. We also specialize in the early history of oil and the history of Texas. It has been our pleasure to offer the first map of The Republic of Texas, the first map to name Texas, and many others. On any given day documents signed by the likes of Sam Houston, Steven F. Austin, David Crockett, William Barret Travis and other giants of Texas history are available in the gallery. Our beautiful hand crafted framing treatments exhibit our devotion to the highest standards in archival framing. Our studio and trade partners also offer restoration, repair and reproduction service.