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A look back at the Arboretum's history—and the millennia to come

A painted maple at the Arnold Arboretum. Staff check the tree for Asian longhorn beetle each year. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Through the pandemic, as museums around Boston have opened and closed their doors to visitors, theres one that never had to shut: the Arnold Arboretum. These days theres plenty of parking along the Arborway in Jamaica Plain, and the Arboretums wrought iron gate is wide open and welcoming. Even in the dead of winter, this living museum is alive with activity — because the slo...