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

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

November 16, 2021
Richard Pegg

A Chinese Maritime Map of the Sea and Stars

A video tour through an intriguing “pie chart” maritime diagram for a ship in the South China Sea

August 25, 2022
Garrett Dash Nelson

Surveying all of Massachusetts in the town plans collections

Two digital collections from the Massachusetts Archives capture the micro-scaled geographies of Massachusetts towns in the Early Republic period

December 16, 2022
Ezra Acevedo

An Atlas of My Hometown: Georeferencing Familiar Places

A behind the scenes look at the process of georeferencing

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

September 13, 2023
Zoe Colimon

Pride and Progress: A Journey Through Boston’s LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces

Through a network of safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community of twentieth-century Boston forged connections and navigated adversity together. Exploring the timeline of these places and spaces reveals how a true sense of community can facilitate progress against all odds.