October5th Special Exhibition "Festina Lente: Aldo Manuzio, The Publisher Who Changed the World" opens
3st International Conference "The Spread of Phonetic Scripts: Beyond the Tower of Babel" held MOU signed with Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma · Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana di Venezia
JulyMOU signed with Egypt Library of Alexandria
May5th Special Exhibition "Imagine, The World Created by Gustave Doré" opens
AprilSurpassed 2 million cumulative visitors
2024
NovemberAchieved 100,000 annual visitors
October 4th Special Exhibition "L'Olympia Odyssey - Language And Feminism, Expressions in the Total Artworks" opens 2st International Conference "Alphabeticus Originalis" held MOU signed with Royal Aisatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
AugustMOU signed with Kansong Art Foundation
JulyMOU signed with China Museum of World Writing
MaySurpassed 1 million cumulative visitors
April3rd Special Exhibition "Singing the Colors of Children’s Heart AND Mind" opens
2023
December2nd Special Exhibition "Text and Illustration - Meet Albrecht Dürer's prints" opens
OctoberMOU signed with Champollion Museum of World Writing, France
SeptemberMOU signed with Incheon Metropolitan city office of education
June1st Special Exhibition "Too Long, Didn’t Read ― What Is the Future of Writing Systems?" opens 1st International Conference "Museum, Discuss about Writing Systems" held
JuneThe National Museum of World Writing Systems opens
2022
OctoberConstruction completed
2019
NovemberThe groundbreaking ceremony held
AprilThe construction lot secured through land donation
2017
SeptemberThe International design competition held
AprilThe National Museum of World Writing Systems Construction Committee formed
2015
JulySongdo selected as museum venue from 9 candidate cities
2014
SeptemberThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decides to construct the National Museum of World Writing Systems
2013
DecemberHunminjeongeum Society (Wonam Cultural Foundation chaired by Lee Gi-nam) proposes the construction of a museum of world writing systems