Haiti: Selected materials from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center

A bold graphic in the Johnson Lobby that displays the flag of Haiti and a cartouche from a 1725 map of the island announces an exhibition organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. There are seven maps of Haiti in the cases that include two historic maps from the 1700's of Hispaniola, as it was once called, the island that Columbus discovered in 1492. The other maps are contemporary and two of them show the tectonic plates that caused the January 12 earthquake. There is a C.I.A. map from Government Documents that includes data about modern-day Haiti and another contemporary map from the Boston Redevelopment Authority that shows where Haitian residents live in the city.

Boston Public Library
Copley Square
700 Boylston St.
Johnson Building
Deferrari Hall
Exhibit information

Historical Maps of Boston at the Langham Hotel

A selection of historical maps of New England, Massachusetts, and Boston, describing the topographical transformation of the city over 300 years from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library are on display at this hotel.

Langham Hotel
250 Franklin Street
Boston, MA.

Maps of the New England Coast at the Boston Harbor Hotel

Maps from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library depicting the exploration, mapping, and maritime activity along the coastline of New England are on exhibit at this hotel.

Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA.

Gala Special Event, October 29, 2010

On Friday, October 29 beginning at 6:30pm the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center will host an elegant black tie dinner at the historic Copley Square Boston Public Library. A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the first Norman B. Leventhal Explorer Medal to filmmaker Ken Burns.

Guests will be greeted on the Library's grand staircase by Civil War re-enactors and the dinner, a recreation of a menu from President Lincoln's White House will be served on cloth runners that depict Lloyd's 1862 Map of the Lower Mississippi River. The evening is a fundraiser that will support the Map Center's educational programs for K to 12 students and the 2011 exhibition, Torn in Two, the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War that will open next May.

Through maps, soldiers' diaries, Winslow Homer paintings and prints, Matthew Brady photographs and Currier & Ives political cartoons the exhibition will present the causes of the conflict, its major battle strategies and how the war was remembered. The October 29 event is a preview of the Map Center's major 2011 exhibition.

Tickets for the event are $1,000 per person and table sponsorships are $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000. For more information or to purchase tickets call 617-859-2387.