Gorgeous Glass In Boston! Harvard Glass Museum & The Mapparium BUS102

Meeting Times

• Thursday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Description

Gorgeous Glass in Boston

Harvard Glass Museum & The Mapparium

Picture a giant, hollow ball made of glass, completely indoors, surrounded by lights, and skewered through its middle by a footbridge.  Now, stain the inside of the glass ball as if it were a political map of the Earth turned inside-out.  You are inside the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library.  This huge globe shows the world’s boundaries frozen in time circa 1935.  See how much has changed.  Enjoy a three-course family style Italian lunch at Maggiano’s Little Italy, everyone’s favorite.  Next, be amazed by the realistic flowers made of blown glass at The Glass Flowers exhibit in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.  Between 1886 to 1936, Austrian glass makers created glass models of 700 species of flowers & plants.  Every single bit of these flowers including the roots, stems, leaves, & even dirt are made of glass.  Enjoy a guided tour of the Glass Flowers exhibit.

Trip Fee:  $156.                                                            

Trip includes deluxe motor coach transportation, admission into the venues, lunch, gratuities, and Friendship Tour Director.