About the Collection
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Initiated in the 1970's with the purchase of one small map of Boston, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Collection is widely regarded today as one of the finest private collections in New England. It begins with the early exploration of the New World, continues with the charting of the New England coastline, and then focuses on the growth of the City of Boston. Though private, a substantial portion of the collection is on permanent display in Boston. Some fifty maps depicting seventeenth and eighteenth century Boston and the New England Coast are on display at the Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf, and another thirty five eighteenth and nineteenth century maps of Boston and its vicinity are on display at the Hotel Meridien at Post Office Square. Both hotels encourage visitors to view the maps and their accompanying descriptions. |
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