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News from the Leventhal Map & Education Center
August 21, 2023
Block Map, Vicinity of Faneuil Hall, Boston (1897)

Last Chance · Building Blocks: Boston Stories from Urban Atlases

After seven months on display and tens of thousands of visitors, it has come time to close the gallery doors on Building Blocks: Boston Stories from Urban Atlases. For folks in Boston, we invite you to visit one last time up through August 23, and for those unable to visit in person, the companion digital exhibition will remain on our website for the indefinite future.

View the digital exhibition → 

In Person: Curatorial Introduction to Getting Around Town · September 19, 6:00 pm ET

Our forthcoming exhibition, Getting Around Town: Four Centuries of Mapping Boston in Transit, opens in just a few weeks on Saturday, September 9. Mark your calendar! On September 19, we’ll be celebrating the opening with a reception in Newsfeed Café featuring a roundtable talk on transit in Boston, a Q&A session, and an opportunity to explore the material on display. This program is free and open to members of the public. Registration is required for refreshments and gallery tours. Please register online to RSVP.

Reserve a spot → 

We’ve Been Awarded an NEH Grant!

We’re so excited to share that we’ve just been awarded an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to make digital map collections more accessible! Over the next three years, we’ll be working with the American Geographical Society Library, Bert Spaan, and Jules Schoonman—plus many others—to build new features for Allmaps, a free and open-source platform for georeferencing digitized maps. In the coming months, we’ll focus on making it easier for map-holding institutions both small and large to incorporate Allmaps into their collections.

Learn more about Allmaps → 

You’re Invited! Night in the Stacks with Boston Public Library Fund · October 20, 7:30 pm ET

Our friends and colleagues at the Boston Public Library Fund are hosting Night in the Stacks for the second year in a row. Join us for an after-hours celebration in the historic McKim building featuring live music, food and drinks, and geography-themed trivia hosted by us! All ticket funds go towards supporting library services.

Purchase a ticket → 

In Case You Missed It: Dr. Kelly Erby on Restaurant Republic

How did Boston’s early eateries help a young United States define itself? Last week, Dr. Kelly Erby joined us for a lunchtime talk to discuss her book, Restaurant Republic: The Rise of Public Dining in Boston. In case you missed it, the recorded program is available to view on our YouTube channel.

Watch the recording → 

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