- July 2, 2022
- Garrett Dash Nelson
A cartographic trip to Denmark
In celebration of Alan Leventhal’s appointment as US Ambassador to Denmark, we take a look at some Danish connections in our collections
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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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- June 2, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Map Monsters, Ahoy
Featuring a few of the creatures from the depths of our collections
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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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- 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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- June 10, 2021
- Rachel Mead
June Maps to Beat the Heat
Let’s cool down with some maps from Junes of the past from our collections
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- July 30, 2023
- Radu Leca
Divergent Meanings of Place in Mapping Japan: La Pérouse’s Tangential Encounter
When a French captain sailed past Japan in the late eighteenth century, a guess about toponyms set off a century of cartographic confusions
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- November 15, 2021
- Michelle LeBlanc
Indigenous People’s Heritage Month: Lessons and Resources Exploring Land and Maps
November is Indigenous People’s Heritage Month, a chance to unlearn entrenched narratives and relearn the complex history and modern presence of Native people across North America
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- November 29, 2021
- Ian Spangler
Howdy, Realtors!
What one map can tell us about the politics of property in the early twentieth century United States
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