Articles

Article Articles and posts that explore and explain our collections and initiatives


  • June 25, 2023
  • Patricio Pino

Visualizing Empire

Is it possible to draw out into the open the vast and very global relationships which have built the world around us?

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  • June 20, 2023
  • Andrew Woodruff

Design Experiments with Urban Atlases

The Leventhal Center's 2023 Designer-in-Residence talks through the maps he created as original responses to the visual and thematic prompts in the urban atlases collection

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  • June 1, 2023
  • Patricio Pino

Mapping 250 Years of Poetry in Boston

Explore the striking work and lives of some of the poets who have been inspired by the communities of Boston, across the city’s landscapes, and throughout its long history.

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