A new map exhibit documents evolving views of Earth’s interior
‘Beneath Our Feet’ chronicles how people have envisioned the subsurface
By
Lisa Grossman
7:00am, November 19, 2017
Much of what happens on the Earth’s surface is connected to activity far below. “Beneath Our Feet,” a temporary exhibit at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center in the Boston Public Library, explores the ways people have envisioned, explored and exploited what lies underground.
“We’re trying to visualize those places that humans don’t naturally go to,” says associate curator Stephanie Cyr. “Everybody gets to see what’s in the sky, but not everyone gets to see what’s underneath.”
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