Visiting the Christian Science Plaza
Welcome to the Christian Science Plaza in Boston!
We hope you'll visit some of these places on the Plaza. Check in on social media!
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mary Baker Eddy was the discoverer and founder of Christian Science. The Library provides public access and context to original materials and educational experiences about her life, ideas, and achievements. The Library also houses the world-famous Mapparium®.
Plaza map, parking, pool, fountain, and architecture
The Plaza includes beautiful buildings and gardens, a fountain, reflecting pool, and more.
Click below for info about transportation, parking, finding your way around, enjoying the architecture and environment on the Plaza, and learning about what you're seeing.
Map, transport Architecture, grounds
Photo prints available
We are now offering archival, exhibition-quality framed and unframed prints of photographic images from around the Plaza.
Your Plaza photos
We'd love for you to share photos of your visit on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Please, no commercial use of photos from the Plaza.
Church
Attend a service or take a free tour of the (1894) original Romanesque church with its gorgeous stained glass windows, and/or the (1906) Byzantine-Renaissance extension, which houses one of the nation’s largest (over 13,000 pipes) Aeolian-Skinner organs.
About church services About tours
Reading Room
The Christian Science Reading Room in Boston and its sister Reading Rooms around the world have been advancing spiritual healing in communities since 1888.
Stop by to ask questions, attend events, and sample or buy resources.
Music and art
Music
Enjoy organ music, a solo, and hymn singing during church services, plus organ and outdoor chiming concerts all year around. more
Convergence: Boston Sculptors Gallery exhibits on the Plaza
In a convergence of imagination and civic pride, over two dozen art installations from Boston Sculptors Gallery members will be displayed on The Christian Science Plaza from Wednesday, May 1 to Thursday, October 31, 2013. This exhibition is co-sponsored by The First Church of Christ, Scientist. more
Other activities
Other public events on the Plaza include Opening Our Doors, First Night, public talks on Christian Science, and more.
Plaza revitalization
View the plans for revitalization of the Plaza.