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The Mary Baker Eddy Library/Mapparium

The Mary Baker Eddy Library/Mapparium

Address: 200 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA

617-450-7000
www.marybakereddylibrary.org

Product Rating
 
4 stars
 (2 Ratings)
  • Not seasonal
  • No express entry
  • Good for families
  • Gift shop
  • No audio tour available
  • No guided tour available
  • Historically significant
  • Parking available
  • Restaurant or snack bar
  • Restrooms
  • Elevators
  • Disabled access
  • Reservations not necessary

Included admission free with the card.

Description
Since 1935, more than 10 million people have crossed the 30-foot glass bridge that spans the three-story, painted-glass globe-shaped Mapparium. Explore the grand Hall of Ideas where you'll watch hundreds of quotes by history's greatest thinkers bubble up from a fountain and illuminate the walls. Glimpse the medical, cultural, and religious history of 19th-century America and learn the story of Mary Baker Eddy in the Quest Gallery. Interactive exhibits and historic artifacts reveal her remarkable rise to prominence and examine the path that led her to found the Pulitzer Prize-winning Christian Science Monitor when she was 87.

At a time when women could not vote and were generally barred from the ministry and the medical profession, Mary Baker Eddy became one of the most successful and influential women of her day sharing ideas about life and health that defied the limiting conventions of her time. The library has a cafe and shop to complete your visit.

Cost without the card:
Adult (13+): $6.00
Child (3-12): $4.00
Hours:
Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Closed
Mondays except Columbus Day. May be closed major U.S. holidays.
Public Transportation:
Take the T: Green Line E train to Symphony stop.; Orange Line to Massachusetts Avenue and by commuter rail to Back Bay.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:
Included admission with the Go Boston Card

The Go City Card is accepted until 5:30pm unless otherwise noted; during all other times standard admission will apply.

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Mapparium
By boston bound from Washington DC on 7/9/2010
Pros:
If you are
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Smart Destinations The Mary Baker Eddy Library/Mapparium:

If you are in the area this is a very interesting exhibit of what the world looked like in the 1930's. You are inside the globe and the skill it took to make this is amazing. Four adults and one teenager thought it was very cool. I am bringing back my other teenager in October.

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The Mapparium is worth checking out.
By Rob0NY Verified Reviewer from Boston on 9/9/2009
Pros:
Very cool
Cons:
Not for little kids
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Smart Destinations The Mary Baker Eddy Library/Mapparium:

The Mapparium was extremely cool. You walk out onto a catwalk that runs through the center of a stained glass globe (so the world appears around you, with the North Pole above and the South Pole below) with the map of the world as it was just before WWII. Apparently plans to update it kept being derailed by the rapid pace of change in the world's boundaries. Anyway, definitely worth seeing. Very young children will probably be bored, so might steer clear if you have them in tow.

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