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Highlights from our collections and exhibits, staff blogs, and insights on the history of the Christian Science movement.
Picturing “Uplands at Bow”
Learn the story behind this celebrated painting of Mary Baker Eddy’s birthplace.
Mary Baker Eddy’s Attleborough lecture
Read how she looked for a receptive audience in a new setting.
“Adventures were inevitable”—the “Monitor” covers a war
Read about the challenges and triumphs of a WWII reporter on the ground in the Pacific Theater.
Newspapermaking: Printing “The Christian Science Monitor”
Check out the story behind some printing plates from the paper’s first edition.
The building of the Christian Science Center
See how this project helped revitalize The Mother Church and the City of Boston.
Arthur Buswell and The Associated Charities of Cincinnati
Read about three documents from our archive that shed light on the social history of Mary Baker Eddy’s time.
The Mother Church Park
Read the history of a treasured green space in the shadow of The Mother Church.
Gifts from Puget Sound
Find out what church photos and a case of salmon have in common.
Voices of a Global Movement: Speaking the Language
Learn about the development of Christian Science in Brazil.
Picnic at Point of Pines
See the largest group of Eddy’s students to sit for a single photograph.
From the Papers: A letter from A.C. Coates
Read an 1884 letter to Eddy that’s notable for several reasons.
From the Papers: Letterpress correspondence
Read some of the letters that Eddy especially wanted to keep copies of.
From the Collections: Phillips family photo album
Learn about a family that was close to Mary Baker Eddy around the time she discovered Christian Science.
From the Papers: “following the line of duty”
Read Mary Baker Eddy’s frank 1884 letter to a student in Washington, D.C.
From the Collections: Mind Cure by Cyrus Bartol
Read about an early advocate of Christian Science among Boston’s religious establishment.
