How It's Made: Peeling Back the Layers of Atlascope

“There is a very natural integration between our personal curiosities and the presentation of Atlascope, with all the cartographic details of historic urban atlases aligned seamlessly to a modern digital map—that is, until they are not,” writes Patricio Pino in his latest article, which examines the process of creating Atlascope. Can you name all the steps that are necessary to go from physical atlas to digital web layer?

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Meet Andy Woodruff, Our 2023 Designer-in-Residence

This year marks the inauguration of our Designer-in-Residence fellowship, a new program aimed at supporting creative work in cartography, growing our original collections, and exhibiting how maps are made in the present day. Our first Designer-in-Residence is the multi-talented Andy Woodruff! Learn more about Andy, how he began working with maps, and what he plans to do in residency.

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Applications Open: Small Grants for Early Career Digital Publications

Are you working on a scholarly project that would come alive for the public through an interactive digital publication? The Small Grants for Early Career Digital Publications program provides funding and technical assistance for scholars in any humanities or social science discipline working towards a digital publication for the public. Applications open through May 18, 2023.

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Summer Opportunities for K-12 Educators

Calling all K-12 educators! We’re offering three great professional development programs this summer, from a 3-day workshop tied to our current exhibition to two paid opportunities to dig into our map collections and create original curriculum.

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K-12 School Vacation Week Activities

Join our K-12 team with the staff of the BPL Children’s Library for two school vacation week activities! On Wednesday, we’ll learn how maps can help shape imaginary worlds, explore examples from books, and make maps of our own. On Friday, we’ll explore grids, circles, imaginary landscapes, origami, and more, all using maps as materials.

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In-Person: From The Vault – The Great Outdoors · April 28, 2:00pm ET

Looking to add more maps to your life? Join us for an afternoon of close map looking! For this edition of From The Vault, we’ll take a look at objects that map National Parks, green space around Boston, and the natural world beyond.

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