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2024
- October 1st EWDM International Festival held
  4th Special Exhibition "L'Olympia Odyssey - Language And Feminism, Expressions in the Total Artworks" opens
- August MOU signed with Kansong Art Foundation
- July MOU signed with China Museum of World Writing
- May Surpassed 1 million cumulative visitors
- April 3rd Special Exhibition "Singing the Colors of Children’s Heart AND Mind" opens
2023
- December 2nd Special Exhibition "Text and Illustration - Meet Albrecht Dürer's prints" opens
- October MOU signed with Champollion Museum of World Writing, France
- September MOU signed with Incheon Metropolitan city office of education
- June 1st Special Exhibition "Too Long, Didn’t Read ― What Is the Future of Writing Systems?" opens
- June The National Museum of World Writing Systems opens
2022
- October Construction completed
2019
- November Groundbreaking ceremony held
- April Construction lot secured through land donation
2017
- September International design competition held
- April The National Museum of World Writing Systems Construction Committee formed
2015
- July Songdo selected as museum venue from 9 candidate cities
2014
- September Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decides to construct the National Museum of World Writing Systems
2013
- December Hunminjeongeum Society (Wonam Cultural Foundation chaired by Lee Gi-nam) proposes the construction of a museum of world writing systems