Walk-In Globe With Whispering Walls is Hidden Boston Gem

This summer people will be traveling all around the globe. But only in one Boston museum can people travel inside the globe.

The Mary Baker Eddy Library is a stunning 11-story limestone and granite building that holds the papers of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science.

Part research library and part museum, among the building's exhibits is a three-story, stained-glass globe room known as the Mapparium.

What Is The Mapparium?

The Mapparium globe is one of the most unique attractions in Boston. It is literally a globe you can walk into and see the world from the inside out.

Initially meant to be a statement piece for the new Christian Science Publishing Society's headquarters, the Mapparium has become a tourist destination with rave reviews.

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Created back in the 1930s by Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill, the Mapparium is a stained-glass globe frozen in time. Guests today marvel at the world from 1935 and can observe all the boundary changes and new nations that have emerged over the last 90 years.

A Globe That Whispers

In addition to being a three-story global geography lesson, the Mapparium is also a "whispering gallery." This means guests on opposite sides of the globe's glass walkway can hear each other as though they were right next to one another.

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The lights are as cool as the acoustics, with LEDs making the whole room glow.

First lit by thousands of lanterns when the Mapparium first opened in the 1930s, modern technology has made this unique space even more amazing.

Plan Your Visit to the Mapparium

You'll find the Mary Eddy Baker Library at 200 Massachusetts Ave in Boston.

Closed on Mondays, you can visit Tuesday- Sunday from 10A.M. - 5P.M. Most areas are free to enter and explore, but there is a fee to see the Mapparium Globe.

Tickets are for timed entry and cost $6 for adults, free for kids 0-17.

A great value for a unique attraction.