Mapparium
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity, Boston, MA
The Mapparium™, the three-story stained-glass globe located in The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity™ in Boston, has been one of the city's most unique and popular attractions since its opening in1935. Designed and built by Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill, it features 605 curved glass panels painted with a map of the world on their interior surface and fitted within a bronze framework. Visitors to the Mapparium cross a glass bridge into the heart of the 30-foot-in-diameter sphere, where they view a multimedia presentation from within the giant globe glowing with a revolutionary intelligent LED-based lighting technology from Color Kinetics Incorporated.   Learn more...