Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Mapparium

The Mapparium 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.
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  • Type: Planetarium
  • Description: Stained glass globe in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “The Mapparium”
  • Address: 200 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02215

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mary Baker Eddy Library and First Church of Christ Scientist.

Library
The 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.

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 450 feet southeast of Mapparium.

Bookstore
Photo: Jhillis, Public domain.
is a private music college in , Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. is situated 830 feet northwest of Mapparium.

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.

Mapparium

Latitude
42.34521° or 42° 20′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.08618° or 71° 5′ 10″ west
Inception
1935
Levels
3
Operator
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Open location code
87JC8WW7+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5296603923
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­planetarium
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q6754152
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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Mapparium” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Mary Baker Eddy Library For The Betterment Of Mankind and Welcome Center.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mapparium”. Photo: Chase Elliott Clark, CC BY 2.0.