Did you know about the Leventhal Center's in-gallery library? 📚 We have nearly 2,000 books and atlases available to browse during our open hours. Book topics range from tourist guides to place-based history ... and even maps of fictional worlds!

You don't see too many maps like this one ... well, ever! 💙 This map of Scituate, Rhode Island is unique not only for its striking blue(print) color, but also for the fun anecdotes left by the mapmaker, Captain George E. Matteson. Map: buff.ly/bKVkk4N #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory

Though their time with us has ended, we couldn't be prouder of our Fall 2025 NEU Co-op students! 👏 Between July and December 2025, the LMEC had the pleasure of working with two, fulltime Northeastern University co-op students, Artem and Kate. Read their full interviews via the link in our bio.

❗Join the Leventhal Center, BPL Community History, and the Boston Athenaeum next week for a deep dive into one of Boston's most notable artists, Allan Rohan Crite❗ Registration is highly encouraged, register via the link in our bio.

Sometimes, a globe is the only kind of travel you need 🌎 Gilman Joslin, “Joslin’s hand-book to the terrestrial and celestial globes: how to use a globe,” (1885): bit.ly/3Igkhw0 #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism

❗Join Boston University professor Jim O’Connell for a lunchtime conversation about his new book, Boston and the Making of a Global City❗ Lunch will be served and registration is required to attend. While this event is currently full, we encourage you to sign up for the waitlist.

The year is nearly over and we can’t thank you enough for your support of the Center. We’re grateful for our community of friends and map lovers. Happy New Year's Eve from the LMEC and we’ll see you in 2026! Image: Michael L. Moore, "President Donald C. Stone with Family": buff.ly/WOu51fB

This series of wintery panoramic views draws us into the personal connections between geographers and the places they love. Map: Panorama from the Pinnacle, Lyme, N.H. (1966). See our Digital Collections portal: buff.ly/1uN3XmY #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory

Whether you're spending today sledding, skiing, ice skating, throwing snowballs or curled up by the fire with a cup of hot cocoa, we wish you a happy holiday season! ❤️ the Leventhal Center ❄️

Did you know that the Mount Greylock is the tallest mountain in MA? Far northwest of Boston, this giant rises to over three thousand feet tall at its peak. In the snowy December of 1945, Bostonians hoping to visit would have faced a treacherous journey to the peak. Donate today: buff.ly/XfrQlUU

Did you know? The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy), founded in 1894, was an early precursor to today’s MBTA system. In 1945, during Boston’s snowiest December on record, many commuters would have used "the El" to keep off the chilly streets! Donate here! buff.ly/Ya3Zn5q

This December, the Leventhal Center is raising money to support our work in education, collections, and public programming in the new year—and we’re hoping for a proper Mass winter with snow! We’re aiming to beat the Blue Hill Observatory’s 1945 record of 45.2 inches. Donate here! buff.ly/7OGLvYy

Welcome December 19 in our time capsule series, where we jump 80 years into the past to watch a big snowstorm blow over Boston, day-by-day. Donate here! buff.ly/Ya3Zn5q #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #fundraiser #letitsnow

Welcome back to our time capsule series, where we jump 80 years into the past to watch a big snowstorm blow over Boston, day-by-day. Donate here! buff.ly/Ya3Zn5q #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #fundraiser #letitsnow #snowfall

Welcome to our time capsule series, where we jump 80 years into the past to follow a Boston snowstorm as it played out, day by day. Donate here! buff.ly/Ya3Zn5q #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #fundraiser #letitsnow #snowfall

❗Join us for our last collection showing of 2025 ... guest curated by you❗ This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions. Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.

Still trying to figure out Christmas presents? Maybe this 1949 map of "products and industries" in the US can help! 🎁 How about a new pair of shoes from Massachusetts, a rug from Arizona, or dishware from West Virginia? Robert Hyde de Grange, “These United States,” (1949): buff.ly/FNF4jcl

On your way home soon for the holidays?✈️ 🚆 🚗 By plane, train, or automobile, these maps show many kinds of routes. Safe travels, everyone!

Every $15 donation from now until December 31 makes ½ inch of snow “pile up” in our snow tracker, and you won’t even need to brave the roads! Instead, we’ll send a gift to you in the mail as a thank you for supporting our mission. Support Us: www.leventhalmap.org/donate/decem...

❗Join us for a collection showing with some of the LMEC’s oldest city maps❗ This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 12 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions. Drop in any time between 2:00PM - 4:00PM. No reservation is required.

Dreaming of a snowy winter? ❄️☃️ Every $15 donation from now until December 31 will make ½ inch of snow “pile up” in our snow tracker. And, instead of having to shovel out afterwards, you’ll receive a gift in the mail as a thank you for supporting our mission! www.leventhalmap.org/donate/decem...

Guess you could say Boston had the original "Back Street Bois" back in 1798. 😤🕺  This atlas of Boston, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, shows a "J. Bois" who owned property on the corner of Back Street and Cross Street. Read more about the Clough atlas: buff.ly/NTZBkDz

We Bostonians are lucky to have a relatively clean river! But the Charles wasn’t always like that… #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #charlesriver

❗Join us December 3 for "Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World" with William Rankin❗ Cartographer and historian William Rankin argues that it’s time to reimagine what a map can be and how it can be used. Use the link in our bio to register for the event.

🦃 🥧 Happy #Thanksgiving from all of us here at the Leventhal Center! We hope your day is filled with delicious food and great company.

Happy (belated) 125th to Boston Symphony Hall! 🎂 Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900) Source: WBUR Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO

❗Join us for a map collection showing highlighting Indigenous geographies❗ During this From the Vault, we’ll be exploring collections that document Native life and land in New England and beyond. This free showing will be hosted Friday, November 28, drop in any time between 2:00PM - 4:00PM.

Did you know there's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city ✨in miniature?✨ #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall

Do you ever wonder what neighborhoods Boston used to have that no longer exist? What would the city be like if they weren’t demolished? 🤔 Map: Parcel 10 : Sears Crescent, Government Center Images: Digital Commonwealth, Historic New England #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory

Wrapping up midterms assignments or trying to get ahead on your finals? Check out LMEC's research guides! 🔍📖 Whether looking to do some research or looking to do some quick learning of a new subject, we encourage you to check out this resource! Check out the link in bio for LMEC's research guides

❗Join us this Friday, Nov 14 for our next map collection showing❗ In this installment of From the Vault, we’ll look at maps that demonstrate historic and contemporary shifts to place names. #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism

As someone who’s spent many solo hours soaking up the details of old maps — for stories, for my book, and for fun — what a treat it was on a rainy day to chaperone a fourth-grade field trip to @bplmaps.bsky.social and see some of the Leventhal collection through their eyes

❗Join us November 13 for a conversation in the Brown Seminar Series on women property holders of Boston’s waterfront in the late 1700s with professor Katy Lasdow❗ Use the link in our bio to register for the event. #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum

📖 Wanna find a shop’s address in the 19th century? Better pull out ye olde tome of addresses! Map: Map of Boston: engraved expressly for Clark's Boston blue book (1885) Source: BPL Research Guides, Internet Archive #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostontourism

Frequently Asked Questions: Atlascope Edition! 🔍 Use this guide to refresh yourself on Atlascope's intricacies or to get a better understanding of this tool before jumping to research. If you had additional questions about Atlascope, please leave them in the comments so we can answer them here.

If your hometown doesn’t look a little like a horror movie set every Fall, are you really living in New England? 👻🎃🕷️ Maps: Map of Salem Village 1692 (1866), Berlin Falls, N.H., and Berlin Mills (1888), The journey, or, cross roads ... [ca. 1831–1836] Sources: Digital Commonwealth, Wikimedia

AI is already transforming how we live, work, and communicate. But how will it change democracy? Use the link in our bio to register for event reminders. This program is co-hosted by BPL Digital Services and kicks off a series of digital talks on AI in library collections. #maps #AI

Charlestown has its own set of mysteries… including what it used look like! 🫣

🎃Join us this Halloween (Friday, Oct 31) to take a peak at some Creepy Cartography!👻 Be warned: these maps are not for the faint of heart! This free showing will be Friday, October 31 in the Leventhal Map & Education Center with staff members available to answer questions. #bpl #maps #halloween

We'll always have Paris! Well, maybe... In this session we’ll look at historic and contemporary shifts to place names and offer classroom-ready strategies for exploring this topic with middle and high school students. Register for this free program now now via the link in bio. #bpl #LMEC #maps

I’m very pleased to share my open-access digital article, published in partnership with @bplmaps.bsky.social titled “Playing and Learning World Geography in the Seventeenth Century” 👇 www.leventhalmap.org/articles/pla...

🫖All this rainy weather’s making us thirsty for a hot cup of Earl Grey. Good thing Boston has a barrel-sized tea kettle in City Hall Plaza! Map: Insurance Maps of Boston, vol. 1 (1882) Sources: Boston.com Images: Digital Commonwealth, Historic New England #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory

(Signal) changes are happening at the MBTA! Maps: Boston elevated railway system (1899), Boston Elevated Railway lines operated 1925 (1925), MBTA map : 1977-1978 (1977) Image: WBUR Sources: WBUR, MBTA #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #MBTA #orangeline #redline

Please join us in congratulating Margaret Wickens Pearce on being named a MacArthur Fellow and thanking her for her extraordinary contributions to the field of cartography! Read more about the award: buff.ly/XIMH3QA

If you’re ever booking a flight to Boston, make sure you’re going to the right one! Wouldn’t wanna accidentally end up in Australia 🫠 #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism

It can be nice to catch glimpses of the past in our everyday lives 🪞 Source: Boston Preservation Alliance Map: Atlas of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, Vol. 2 (1873), Map of Boston [1886] Images: Historic New England, Boston Preservation Alliance #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #architecture

❗Join us this Friday, October 10, for a Map Collections Showing as we delve into cities, neighborhoods and regions that either had just or were soon to experience a massive disaster❗

Remember that time Boston hosted the world’s largest tech convention? Yeah, we don't either 🥲 Map: New map of Boston giving all points of interest... (1883) Images: Digital Commonwealth, Historic New England, The Huntington #bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory

What are the odds the spoon you're using for your matcha will be a historic object one day? Well, it's greater than zero! ☝🏽😌 Objects: Pewter spoon with relief portrait of King George I [early 1700s], Powder horn with map of Boston and Charlestown (1777), Lead Musket Ball (1775)

Atlascope is like onions—it has layers! You get it? We both have layers 🧅 Check out the newest layers on Atlascope with the link in our bio! Map: Atlas of Boston neighborhoods based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798 (1900) Images: Aerial imagery of Massachusetts (1990-1999)