Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Map Center
The oldest map store in New England. See oddities such as Soviet maps of the United States from the Cold War, parodies of gas station road maps that depict a world flooded by rising sea levels, etc.
- Address:
- 545 Pawtucket Ave., Pawtucket, RI
- Directions:
- Downtown, inside The Mills, on the west side of US-1/Pawtucket Ave. at the intersection of Williams St.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 9-6 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 401-421-2184
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The oldest map store in New England also has an eclectic and at times strange collection of maps. Enjoy Soviet maps of the United States from the Cold War, parodies of gas station road maps that depict a world flooded by rising sea levels, etc. In an old mill building. Like a hip record store, but for maps.
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