Boston Public Library Receives $10 million For Map Center
The Boston Public Library has received a $10 million gift, from real estate developer Norman B. Leventhal, to help make permanent the library's home for the Norman B. Leventhal map center.
The Center was founded in 2004, with seed money from Leventhal, and the library. He went on to donate his own collection, valued around $4 million, plus an additional $3 million of his own money.
Today's $10 million gift puts the Leventhal Map Center on solid footing, providing income to "support the Map Center's mission of using maps to better understand human history, civilization and the world in which we live."
The Leventhal Map Center houses one of the country's most significant collections of antique maps, including more than 200,000 individual maps, and over 5,000 antique atlases.
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The Center was founded in 2004, with seed money from Leventhal, and the library. He went on to donate his own collection, valued around $4 million, plus an additional $3 million of his own money.
Today's $10 million gift puts the Leventhal Map Center on solid footing, providing income to "support the Map Center's mission of using maps to better understand human history, civilization and the world in which we live."
The Leventhal Map Center houses one of the country's most significant collections of antique maps, including more than 200,000 individual maps, and over 5,000 antique atlases.
Technorati Tags: antiques, vintage maps,
antique maps, antique prints, Norman Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
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