Language Magazine – Gregory Nedved
“Everyone is familiar with museums where you see (and sometimes touch) physical objects like airplanes or bleached bones. But language, one might think, is mainly sounds and words and books. Since libraries exist for that type of thing, what would a language museum do? NML from day one adopted three themes that have governed its presentations, exhibits and programs ever since: (1) Universal Aspects of Language; (2) Language in Society, and (3) Languages of the World. Said simpler, “if it is language related, NML is interested.” When it opened, there really was no other museum of its kind anywhere—and certainly not in the U.S.” (more)