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Apr 6, 2021
Richard Pegg

Unique Perspectives on Kyoto

The curator of the MacLean Collection examines graphic representations of urban Japan from the Tokugawa period

Apr 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

April Showers Bring Map Flowers!

A selection of maps from Aprils past 💐

Mar 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

Mar 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!

Mar 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

Mar 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

Mar 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?

Mar 4, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Making water into gold

How much of Boston's present-day property value would have been underwater in 1630?

Mar 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

Transit History with the BRA

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

Feb 23, 2021
Michelle LeBlanc

Black Radical History Research at LMEC

An Interview with Dr. Kerri Greenidge

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