- April 7, 2021
- Connie C. Chin
Peoples of the Pacific
In a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and a Covarrubias anthropological map, portrayals of ethnic diversity raise questions about images and stereotypes
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- April 6, 2021
- Richard Pegg
Unique Perspectives on Kyoto
The curator of the MacLean Collection examines graphic representations of urban Japan from the Tokugawa period
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- April 2, 2021
- Rachel Mead
April Showers Bring Map Flowers!
A selection of maps from Aprils past 💐
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- March 26, 2021
- Guy Prentice
A Civil War map goes on trial
An archaeologist at the Andersonville prison camp describes how a map from the LMEC collections helped solve a puzzle about history
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- March 22, 2021
- Rachel Mead
One Year of Remote Programming
After being closed for a year, we’ve built up a wealth of online offerings for you to use anytime!
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- March 19, 2021
- Belle Lipton
Get to Know Your Data: A Conversation with MassDOT
We spoke with Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s lead developer to discuss what it means to oversee public data
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- March 9, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Showtime in Downtown Boston
Tonight we’re diving into our recently digitized Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection with a Map Show and Tell event—here’s a sneak peek of a map that we’ll look at
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- March 8, 2021
- Rachel Sharer
Monopolizing Streets
Monopoly: an exciting and fun way to look at mapping a city, or an insidious history of commodification and segregation?
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- March 4, 2021
- Garrett Dash Nelson
Making water into gold
How much of Boston’s present-day property value would have been underwater in 1630?
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- March 2, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Transit History with the BRA
A close look at one of our newly accessible maps on Boston development history
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