Mapparium — Local services in Boston

This exhibit is so amazing. I was moved to joyful tears more than once while interacting with the displays of stories from The Christian Science Monitor correspondents from around the world showcasing progress in our world. The optional opportunity to contribute to the exhibit by answering a question on a colorful card and putting it on the display wall was very thought provoking. This display is truly an interactive experience that won’t leave you where it found you.

You could easily spend a couple hours or more exporing the exhibits. It’s a world history treasure trove. And there is no entrance fee!

The Mapparium tour is optional and costs a nominal fee. You can explore the exhibits without paying to see the Mapparium, but if you want to see the Mapparium you need to take the Mapparium tour!

The guides are Christian Scientists who can answer any questions you might have about the exhibit or the religion without any proselytizing, coercion, or...

This was such a unique experience. Our son turned 9 last week and he is so fascinated with geography. When we saw the Mapparium on the GoCity pass we knew we had to visit. This is a "guided" tour in that we had a guide who brought a group of us into the Mapparium and then there was a light and sound show which lasted approximately 10 minutes. If you whisper, it echoes, and everyone can hear it - it was wild. I became emotional at one point in the light/sound show watching my son stare up at the globe in amazement with the map reflecting back in his eyes. There is a self-guided room of exhibits following the Mapparium which we did not view only because our kids were exhausted at this point in the day. I will say that the architexture of the building and what I could quickly view of the exhibits looked interesting and very beautiful. My son is still talking about the globe and I am sure we will visit again. The staff were SO friendly and fun also!...

If there happens to be one of the extraordinary experiences in Boston, Mapparium has to be in that list.

You get to have a $6 ticket to enter the Globe made with astonishing glass. If you are a Boston Public Library pass holder then you can visit this place with a group of 3 for FREE! ( Thankyou BPL ❣️).

I don't have words to express how charismatic a monument can be, you get to witness what shaped the world as we look at it today. The facilitators were extremely friendly and helpful which even invited us to a free Church tour which itself is a piece of infrastructural marvels.

It usually takes about 5 minutes including the light and sound show.

I would definitely recommend everyone to try it...