Last Chance to Visit Heaven & Earth

With just a few weeks to go until the closing date of Heaven & Earth on August 31, we invite you to visit one more time to see the breathtaking Prussian blue maps from eighteenth-century Qing dynasty China. We’ll also host one final virtual program connected to the exhibition, with Tristan Brown, S.C. Fang Chinese Language and Culture Career Development Professor at MIT, on Thursday, September 5 at 1 pm. Brown will discuss his work on fengshui in Chinese politics and culture.

Register for the event → 

Education Programs Return for the Fall

Calling all educators: the LMEC Education team has been hard at work over the last few months, and our on-site school visit programs are returning this fall. With programs available for Kindergarten to 12th grade students, we invite you plan a class visit with us and see what the LMEC has to offer across the curriculum. For more updates, subscribe to our newsletter for K-12 educators.

View K-12 program offerings → 

Enter the Digital Age: Our Next Exhibit, Processing Place, Opens September 13

Our newest exhibit, Processing Place: How Computers and Cartographers Redrew our World, is almost here! Co-curated by LMEC staff members Ian Spangler and Emily Bowe, this exhibition prompts questions about how computerization gradually entered the world of mapmaking, and will leave you with a new understanding of the relationship between technology, society, and communication. As we approach opening day on September 13, read the press release to get a preview of the exhibit.

Read the press release → 

We’re Hiring: Administrative Assistant

Our team is looking to fill a new fully-remote, part-time role of Administrative Assistant. The position will report to the President & Head Curator and will assist with matters related to the Center’s board management and governance. If you or someone you know might be a fit for this role, please consider applying or sharing the posting.

Apply online by September 19 → 

Trivia Corner: Movies + Maps

It’s time to test your map and history knowledge to win a chance of receiving three free months in our Map of the Month Club. We had our first winner last week—could the next one be you? In order to enter, make sure you follow us on Instagram or Facebook and direct message us the answer to the following question. We’ll accept answers until August 26 at 9 am ET. Correct answers will be included in a random draw—the winner will receive the next three Map of the Month Club postcards for free!

On which of the Boston Harbor islands was the 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio movie Shutter Island filmed?

1. Spectacle Island
2. Georges Island
3. Little Brewster Island
4. Peddocks Island

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Planning Facilitator Applications Due Aug 29

We are looking for a facilitator to help guide our work as the Leventhal Center begins the process of strategic vision planning for the Center’s next chapter, focusing on the period 2025–2030. The selected facilitator will spearhead, facilitate, and project manage a process which we expect to last approximately six months beginning in late fall 2024. Responses are due August 29.

See the request for proposals → 

Night in the Stacks · October 25, 7:30 pm ET

Get ready for the Boston Public Library Fund’s annual Night in the Stacks! On Friday, October 25, join the Fund for an after-hours evening of food, drinks, and live music in the Library’s iconic McKim Building. This year’s theme is “Forbidden Fictions”— a celebration of the freedom to read, harkening back to BPL’s motto, “Free to All.” Each ticket includes an open bar, food, a raffle, live music and dancing, and a donation to the Boston Public Library Fund. Early bird ticket pricing runs through August 31.

But tickets here →