Visit the How Do You See the World?® experience at the Christian Science Plaza.
Interactive exhibits explore stories of global progress and engage with the world through a lens of hope, progress, and compassion:
- Mapparium® globe (ticketed: adults $6, kids free): Walk through a three-story, stained glass globe that shows the world as it was in 1935–and see the progress. Allow 20 minutes for this narrated, light and sound experience, with time to explore on your own.
- Our World: Mapping Progress (free): Read modern-day news stories of humanity's advancement and innovations from The Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning news source founded in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy.
- Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy (free): Learn about the remarkable life of Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), who discovered and founded Christian Science and its global church. You can listen to individuals share recorded accounts of Christian Science healing.
- Special MA250 exhibit about Mary Baker Eddy: Dive deeper into Eddy’s revolutionary ideas, historical legacy, and groundbreaking achievements in a time when women had very little religious or institutional authority.
Additional activities at the Plaza include:
- Church services on Sundays and Wednesdays
- Christian Science Reading Room
- Tours of The Mother Church (featuring one of the world’s largest pipe organs)
- Pipes on the Plaza concerts
- Lectures on the Bible and Christian Science
- The Mary Baker Eddy Library
- Reflecting Pool and Children’s Fountain
