The Mapparium | Things to Do in Boston with Kids
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Located in the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Back Bay, The Mapparium is an interesting exhibit which will get your children thinking about the world they live in. The Mapparium is an enormous three-story high stained glass globe which gives visitors a dramatic three dimensional perspective of the world of 1935. The amazing globe features a glass walkway which takes visitors right into the center of the world. Your tour of the globe will be accompanied by “A World of Ideas”, a multi-faceted word, music and light show which shows visitors how ideas have crossed the world and influenced our lives.

The Mapparium, 200 Massachusetts Aves, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 716-450-7000

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