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Help support the Center’s mission with a donation or gift

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Your support is crucial in keeping our programs free, creative, and welcoming for all of our audiences. Donate instantly with a credit card or bank account from the form above.

Make a recurring donation and join our Map of the Month Club

Donors who set up a monthly recurring donation of $12 or more will become part of our Map of the Month Club. Learn more about Map of the Month Club and see what maps have been chosen each past month.

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More giving options

For more donation options, including giving by cash or check, or to set up a special gift, please contact Rachel Sharer.

Gifts of collections

If you have a collection of maps that you would like to give to the BPL for the preservation, use, research, and enjoyment of the public today and in the future, please fill out the Special Collections Donation Form. (While the Leventhal Map & Education Center is a legally separate entity from the BPL, gifts of collections are accepted with title held by the BPL and the Leventhal Center does not accept gifts of collections as its own separate property.)

About supporting the Map Center

The Leventhal Map & Education Center is an independent nonprofit in a longstanding partnership with the Boston Public Library, and we are dependent on the support of our community. We are a separate entity from the Boston Public Library Fund and the Associates of the Boston Public Library.