Home Explore Get Involved Blog Contact Give COVID-19 Protocols Face masks and social distancing are optional. The museum will be sanitized frequently. Guided and group tours are available. We also have a new cell phone tour to guide you through the museum. “Night at the Alphabet Museum” Our popular event has returned! Bring the whole family. We look forward to sharing this exciting evening with you. LEARN MORE & REGISTER MUSEUM OF THE ALPHABET 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. Reviewers on TripAdvisor give it five stars, and readers of Union County Weekly voted us Best Local Museum. Come see why! VIRTUAL TOUR MEXICO-CÁRDENAS MUSEUM Learn how faith, service, and friendship between former Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas and JAARS founder, Cameron Townsend, paved the way for Bible translation around the world. See examples of outstanding folk art, ancient jewelry, embroidered traditional costumes, Mayan and Aztecan school books, and historical photographs of President Cárdenas. Hours Museum of the Alphabet: Monday–Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Mexico-Cárdenas Museum: Currently closed for renovations Both Museums: Closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday and Easter weekend, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day Tours Guided and group tours are available. We also have a new cell phone tour to guide you through the museum. Location 6409 Davis Road Waxhaw, NC 28173 Directions Cost Free; donations are greatly appreciated JAARS Museum of the Alphabet 61 reviews WHO WE ARE About Us History Leadership Stewardship Partners HOW YOU CAN HELP Pray Serve Give Advocate Advise FOR CHURCHES Mission Teams JAARS Speakers CrossVenture More Opportunities RESOURCES Publications Podcast COPYRIGHT © 1998-2021. JAARS, INC. | PRIVACY