The Mary Baker Eddy Library

“Mary Baker Eddy and Her Revolutionary Legacy” is the Library’s latest exhibit which celebrates . It honors the revolutionary ideas and historical legacy of Mary Baker Eddy.

This free exhibit is part of the interactive How Do You See the World?® experience, exploring the world through a lens of hope, progress, and generosity.

Check out the photos or come visit us in Boston! This exhibit is open now through the end of the summer at the Christian Science Plaza.

MA250

https://massachusetts250.org/event/special-exhibit-mary-baker-eddy-and-her-revolutionary-legacy/2026-07-25/

In June 1892, Mary Baker Eddy moved into the home in Concord, New Hampshire, where she would reside for the next 16 years. She lived here longer than anywhere else, and consequently she accomplished more for the Christian Science movement here than in any other single location. Of all the places she lived, Eddy always maintained that she loved this one the most. She called it Pleasant View.

Read more about this home on our website: https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/what-was-eddys-favorite-home/

📷©: Pleasant View front of house, Thomas E. Marr, P06753; Pleasant View back of house, Thomas E. Marr, P06789; Pleasant View pond and boathouse, Kimball Studios, P07000. All photos are circa 1900-1906.

This throwback image from The Mary Baker Eddy Library’s postcard collection shows flags of countries from around the world. They hung in the Christian Science Publishing House's entrance hall from 1966 to 2002.

⚽️ 🥅 We look forward to welcoming international travelers in Boston this summer for all of the World Cup™ festivities!

We welcome visitors throughout the year to the Christian Science Plaza. Plan your visit at https://www.christianscience.com/the-mother-church-in-boston.



📷©: Postcard © 1994 Christian Science Publishing Society.

We are grateful to the sunshine ☀️ for giving The Mother Church’s 2026 summer interns a glorious day for a recent walking tour 🥾 organized by the Library.

Our staff shared the story of Mary Baker Eddy’s years in Bow and Concord, New Hampshire, while Longyear Museum treated us to tours of Eddy’s homes in Lynn and Swampscott, Massachusetts. 🏡

Thanks, everyone, for a great day!

Longyear Museum

📷©: The First Church of Christ, Scientist

NEW: Mary Baker Eddy wrote a letter to her student Ezra M. Buswell on July 12, 1903, that included some words of wisdom regarding the healing work in Christian Science. Read our latest authentication article to find out more: https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/did-mary-baker-eddy-write-it-better-healers/

📷©: Mary Baker Eddy to Ezra M. Buswell, July 12, 1903. L08352.

The Library welcomes all visitors in Boston for the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church on Monday, June 8. Our Research Room will be open extended hours throughout the weekend. Visit our homepage (https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/) and see the banner for the details.

📷©: The First Church of Christ, Scientist

NEW: Find out what led a medical pioneer to explore Christian Science for herself—and the impact it made—in our latest “From the Papers” article.

Dr. M. Augusta Fairchild (1834–1923) applied the teachings of Christian Science to several serious health conditions and reported to Mary Baker Eddy that her patient was well in less than two weeks.

Read the article to find out how this physician found answers to the physical and spiritual challenges of her time.

https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/from-the-papers-dr-m-augusta-fairchild-corresponds-with-mary-baker-eddy/

📷©: M. Augusta Fairchild to Mary Baker Eddy, May 18, 1885, 667A.72.014.

Now do let your light shine and be among the faithful … keep peace, and remember these are they whose lives are lights to the world.
-Mary Baker Eddy to Frank and Harriet Mason, June 1, 1890, L13099



📷©: Elena Popova / Moment / Getty Images

Did you know the first Christian Science Reading Room opened in Boston in 1888? Since then, Reading Rooms in Boston and around the world have served their communities as dedicated spaces for spiritual growth.

Want to dive into the history of Reading Rooms? Check out our Ask a Researcher article, “Christian Science Reading Rooms 1887–1910.”

Read more: http://marybakereddylibrary.org/research/the-history-of-christian-science-reading-rooms?cmpid=FB

📷©: Hotel Boylston, undated. Photo by Herbert L. Dunbar. P04159.

NEW: Many of you engaged on a recent post about Mary Baker Eddy’s visit to Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. We have a new article that includes more information on Eddy’s interaction with Guiteau in prison and what she was doing in Washington D.C. at the time. How did she manage to see Guiteau? Find out more in this latest “Ask a researcher” article: https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/mary-baker-eddys-visit-to-president-garfields-assassin/

📷©: Portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 1882. C.M. Bell. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-07197. Sketch of District of Columbia Jail, November 12, 1893. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.