collections

Mar 26, 2021
Guy Prentice

A Civil War map goes on trial

An archaeologist at the Andersonville prison camp describes how a map from the LMEC collections helped solve a puzzle about history

Mar 9, 2021
Rachel Mead

Showtime in Downtown Boston

Tonight we're diving into our recently digitized Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection with a Map Show and Tell event—here's a sneak peek of a map that we'll look at

Mar 8, 2021
Rachel Sharer

Monopolizing Streets

Monopoly: an exciting and fun way to look at mapping a city, or an insidious history of commodification and segregation?

Mar 4, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Making water into gold

How much of Boston's present-day property value would have been underwater in 1630?

Mar 2, 2021
Rachel Mead

Transit History with the BRA

A close look at one of our newly accessible maps on Boston development history

Feb 18, 2021
LMEC Staff

Black History: more than just a month

A roundup of some of our Black history posts from over the years

Jan 29, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Maps that will make your head spin

Transforming our panoramic views into virtual reality offers an opportunity to jump inside the map's perspective

Jan 28, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson and Lauren Chen

A new view into urban renewal in Boston

Announcing 124 newly-digitized objects from the Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection

Jan 20, 2021
Garrett Dash Nelson

Bending Lines in Cartographic Perspectives

Our new exhibition is featured in the Cartographic Collections section of the NACIS journal

Jan 13, 2021
Rachel Mead and Garrett Dash Nelson

Confronting the content of collections

A Twitter bot trawling through our digital collections brings up questions