Mapparium

Address:	200 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, 2115
Phone:	617-450-7000
Website:	http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium
Price:	Adults: $6.00, Seniors (62+): $4.00, Students: $4.00, Children (6-17): $4.00, Children (under 6): Free, Group Rates Available
Discounts:	Discount available with Boston Explorer Pass Admission included with Go Boston Card
Hours:	Tu-Su: 10am - 3:40pm

Located within the Mary Baker Eddy Library, Mapparium is a three-story stained glass globe that visitors view from the inside while standing on a thirty foot long glass bridge. Built between April 1934 and June 1935, the Mapparium globe is make up of 608 glass panels held in place by a spherical bronze frame. The globe is illuminated from the outside via 300 light bulbs. Political boundaries and geographic features are true to a 1934 world map.

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