The Mapparium
The Mapparium is an intriguing exhibit that will make your kids consider the world they live in, and it is situated in the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Back Bay. Visitors can experience a dramatic three-dimensional view of the world of 1935 thanks to the Mapparium, a massive stained glass globe that is three stories high. A glass walkway that leads visitors directly to the globe's center is a feature of this amazing structure.
Your kids have the uncommon opportunity to view the world through the Mapparium without distorting the Earth's surface. Even when looking at an accurate globe, perspective distorts the sizes of the continents because of how the spherical shape makes different regions appear at different ocular distances. But with a view from the very center of a globe, looking out, the eye is the same distance from every point on the map.
The first time seeing the Earth in this way is fascinating. Africa is very big. Asia, Europe, and North America are pressed up against the North Pole. Your familiarity with the sizes and locations of continents and nations has suddenly changed. "A World of Ideas," a multifaceted word, music, and light show that demonstrates how ideas have influenced people's lives all over the world, will be playing as you travel the globe.
- Website: N/A
- Admission: Generally is $6.00 per person
- Hours: daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Google rating: 4.4/5.
- Address: 210 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
