Articles

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

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!

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

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

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?

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?

March 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

Transit History with the BRA

A close look at one of our newly accessible maps on Boston development history

February 23, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Coming in 2022: our exhibition on environmental justice

Our forthcoming exhibition “More or Less in Common” will explore the geographic relationship between environmental management and historic patterns of injustice