Through a network of safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community of twentieth-century Boston forged connections and navigated adversity together. Exploring the timeline of these places and spaces reveals how a true sense of community can facilitate progress against all odds.
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Though not the sole reason, college expansion in Boston has heavily contributed to the increasing cost of living and decreasing amount of space in neighborhoods. It may feel impossible to prevent, but it is amazing what a loud, vocal, and persistent community is capable of.
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Three new Atlascope tours explore pockets of Boston history from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—and their ongoing legacies today
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Providing a glimpse into how Winthrop’s "City on a Hill" interfaced with everyday life of Indigenous peoples in colonial New England
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Check out these highlights from last week’s edition of From The Vault: New Acquisitions
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Check out these highlights from last week’s edition of From The Vault with Ben Cosgrove
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Check out these highlights from last week’s edition of From The Vault: Map Projections
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Earlier this month, we hosted a group of Boston area K-12 educators for a workshop on the role, impact and geographies of women in Boston’s Black history
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When a French captain sailed past Japan in the late eighteenth century, a guess about toponyms set off a century of cartographic confusions
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Reflections on Freedom House and citizen participation in Boston’s urban renewal
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