Collections - Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

June 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

Map Monsters, Ahoy

Featuring a few of the creatures from the depths of our collections

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

June 23, 2021
Rachel Mead

Pride Month at LMEC

Taking a look at the rainbows of our collection

June 29, 2021
Rachel Mead

The geography of an incomplete freedom

July 4th is a day we celebrate “freedom” in the US. Whose freedom are we celebrating? How has that changed over more than two centuries?

July 8, 2021
Rachel Mead

Mapping July through history

Let’s take a closer look at some July maps from years past

July 30, 2021
Richard Pegg

Zhuang Tingfu: Cartographic Encounters and Echoes

In the late eighteenth century, an encounter between European and Chinese cartography left clues about the diffusion of geographic knowledge

August 16, 2021
Rachel Sharer

The Great Klondike Gold Rush

Although it only lasted three years, the Klondike gold rush had profound and lasting effects on land, economic development, and native communities.

September 19, 2021
Michelle LeBlanc

“X” Marks the Spot: Searching for Pirate Treasure on Cape Cod

For international “Talk like a Pirate Day,” we use maps in our collection to examine the story of Captain Southack and his mandate to recover the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717.

October 1, 2021
Rachel Sharer

A Refuge from the Roar: Yosemite National Park

Examining the history and future of America's third national park on the anniversary of its founding

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