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Next event Geographic Data and You: An Enrichment Course for High School Students Feb 5, 2022 · More events
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Our exhibition Bending Lines: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception is now available in person at our free gallery at the Central Library in Copley Square.

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Feb

Geographic Data and You: An Enrichment Course for High School Students

Data K-12

10
Mar

Small Bites: Learn to Make a Digital Map Mini-session

K-12 Professional Development

26
Apr

John McCurdy on Geographies of Contact between Soldiers and Civilians

American Revolutionary War Era Seminar

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Jan 13, 2022
Rachel Sharer

Exploring National Geographic Maps

In honor of the January 1888 birthday of the National Geographic Society, we explore the history of its founding and some of the National Geographic maps in our collection.

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Dec 30, 2021
Megan Nally

Mapping 2021 in our Latest Acquisitions

We added many new maps to the collections this year—and some of them are particularly resonant with the events of 2021

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Nov 29, 2021
Ian Spangler

Howdy, Realtors!

What one map can tell us about the politics of property in the early twentieth century United States

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