Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Mary Baker Eddy Library

The Mary Baker Eddy Library is a research library, museum, and repository for the papers of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. The library is located on the Christian Science Center, Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, and housed in a portion of the 11-story structure originally built for the Christian Science Publishing Society.
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  • Email: librarymail@mbelibrary.org
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library
  • Also known as: “Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity” and “The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mapparium and First Church of Christ Scientist.

Planetarium
Photo: Chase Elliott Clark, CC BY 2.0.
The is a three-story-tall globe made of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long bridge through its interior. As of August 2021, it was part of the "How Do You See the World?" exhibit of the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

Church
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The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church. is situated 440 feet southeast of Mary Baker Eddy Library.

College
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The is a private music school in , . The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. is situated 1,500 feet south of Mary Baker Eddy Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Back Bay and Fenway-Kenmore.

Suburb
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Historical heavyweights, and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

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The neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminster Street, in the Lower Roxbury area of Boston, Massachusetts.

Mary Baker Eddy Library

Latitude
42.34512° or 42° 20′ 42″ north
Longitude
-71.0862° or 71° 5′ 10″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87JC8WW7+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 367779430
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
7145310
Wiki­data ID
Q6778995
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Mary Baker Eddy Library” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “玛丽·贝克·艾迪图书馆”
  • Korean: “메리 베이커 에디 도서관”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Mary Baker Eddy”

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