Right outside the Boston Public Library’s main building, the McKim Building, on the Dartmouth Street entrance. On the pedestals themselves, there wasn’t any information on who these two women were so my headcanon at the time established them as muses. The Boston Public Library website says they represent Science and Art, so I wasn’t too far off. It’s all very Enlightenment and pagan, if we’re being honest:
Going into the lobby, each of the bronze doors represent a genre of literature. The genre is listed at the top of the doors but I forget which genre this lady represents. It looks like she’s holding a lyre, but music isn’t really a genre:
Some shots of the Grand Staircase, just past the security desk:
Bates Hall, our destination, and my favorite picture of the bunch. Perfect environment for reading, which we did for a few solid hours. I would prefer to read standing but this isn’t setup for that. We needed a jacket, though, since the AC was blasting pretty hard:
The courtyard. The sculpture in the middle is “Bacchante and Infant Faun,” a naked drunk mom and her naked kid. Did I mention paganism? Also a nice place for reading if you like a little more noise and activity:
Two shots of the lagoon inside the Boston Public Garden, and one of the George Washington statue at the Garden’s Arlington Street entrance, which I mistakenly thought was Paul Revere:
A fellow who I think posed for me a little bit while pausing from his snack. I believe this was on Boylston Street:
A shot of the two lighthouses in Gloucester, on the way back to the dock. You can hear the tour guide belt out some good information. One thing she mentioned was that you face directly north, in our case, when the nearer lighthouse eclipses the far one: