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Museum of the Alphabet

Name: Museum of the Alphabet
Address: 6409 Davis Road, Waxhaw, NC, 28173, US

6409 Davis Road

Waxhaw, NC 28173

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704-843-6066

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Be transported around the world as you visit the Museum of the Alphabet, where displays throughout 12 rooms trace the history of the world’s alphabets, from cuneiform to tonal languages to Native American language syllabaries. Explore other writing systems such as mathematics, music, and Braille. Learn modern stories of communities being transformed through literacy and Bible translation.

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