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How Do You See The World?® experience with the Mapparium® globe
Up to an hour
Explore stories of global progress - how individuals around the world have overcome challenges and found hope. Includes Boston’s iconic Mapparium® globe and surrounding exhibits.
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Overview
Finding signs of progress in the news can often seem difficult. But when we look for it, our world is full of examples of hope, resilience, joy, gratitude, compassion, generosity, courage, and forgiveness. The How Do You See the World?® experience with the Mapparium® globe spotlights positive change and the inspired actions of everyday people in countries and cultures globally and encourages you to think about the impact you have on this world.
Find a montage of photos from the pages of The Christian Science Monitor as soon as you enter the Christian Science Publishing House. Learn about Mary Baker Eddy, the woman who founded The Christian Science Monitor and the Christian Science church, in the Mary Baker Eddy Library. Walk across a bridge through the three-story, stained-glass Mapparium® globe and can see the world from a new perspective.
Each exhibit space in the How Do You See the World?® experience comes alive with custom-composed musical scores, multimedia tables, interactive projection-mapped displays, historical artifacts, and more.
Highlights
Mapparium® Globe
Showing the world at one moment in time, the globe lets you consider the world before World War II from an entirely different perspective.
Christian Science Publishing House
Look deeper into humanity’s advancement since 1935 with stories from The Christian Science Monitor that illustrate humanity’s progress.
Mary Baker Eddy Library
The Library houses a vast collection of original materials that document her life and the church that she founded. Samples are available to explore in a virtual exhibit on the first floor and you can also visit the Research Room on the fourth floor to learn more about the collection.
Tours
After your visit, take a free guided tour to see the original 1894 church building, home to one of the world’s largest pipe organs (with 13,000 pipes!). Alternatively, opt for a self-guided tour of the 13.5-acre Christian Science Plaza, complete with the Reflecting Pool, Children’s Fountain, and modernist architecture.
What's included
Admission to the How Do You See The World?® experience with the Mapparium® globe
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210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, USHow to get there
Take the T: Green Line E train to Symphony stop. Exit the station onto Massachusetts Avenue; the Library is on the same block as the station, just north of The Mother Church.
Standard opening hours
Upcoming schedule changes
Find out more
For more information, visit the How Do You See the World?® experience website.
(617) 450-7224
Neat!
NightCheese36 ·This was a neat way to spend 20-30min. The inside of the building and the map room were gorgeous. The tour group was generally small and the tour guide was very kind.
Good small attraction to visit
Jesse ·The theature of the globe was interesting, but it was more about what the audio played while in there that was the main attraction. Besides the globe, there were also many rooms and galleries to visit, mainly about the church
Definitely worth a visit
Nicoline ·The mapparium was so different from anything I've ever experienced. You must see it. The music, narration made you feel like you were at peace.
One of a kind experience
John ·Truly a unique experience, seeing the detail and work it took to make this. Not the most grand or shocking but a very nice and though provoking experience. One of the coolest things is the audio.
Mapparium
AnnP ·Not what I expected but a lovely display. I thought it was more interactive.
Inside the Mapparium globe built in 1935
Anonymus ·This is a very quick tour, you will spend not more then 10-15 minutes in the globe, last 5 minutes are for taking pictures. Being inside the globe is really interesting feeling as well as listening to the audio which talks about the world. Then you will have thw opportunity to look at the exebition of important people, creations etc of the world. All personnel was really nice, almost all of them are elderly people, nive to know that in USA people have jobs at this age.
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