Following a brief description of the laws that formed the educational basis for the
use of globes in schools, the history of the Hungarian globes, including Earth and
celestial globes produced by the most important makers and publishers in different
periods is reviewed. The paper briefly describes the Virtual Globes’ Museum founded
in 2007, with special respect to some peculiar globes, and presents its various uses
in education. It is drawing attention to the importance of using the globe as a tool
in creating a comprehensive picture of our Earth in the students’ mind so that the
globe should not only be used as a decorative element of apartments, but also as a
useful device in the acquisition of geographical and historical knowledge.
