Materials are available for loan from NML exhibits
Movable Exhibits
Writing Language: Passing it on
Spain: Language and Culture
Emerging American Language in 1812
International Flag of Language
Alphabet panels: Arabic, Greek, Phoenician, Sumerian, Roman, & Hebrew Panels are 42-1/2 x 24-1/2 in. (108cm x 62.3 cm)
Arabic Panel
Spanish Exhibit and Spanish Dolls
Webster Wall
The Webster Wall (5’x8′ wall hanging printed on vinyl) is now on display at the Noah Webster House in West Hartford, CT
The International Flag of Language is also available for loan.
International Flag of Language
Loans require signed loan agreement with responsible organization and secure location for exhibit display.
Chinese and Japanese artifacts
Electronic Exhibits: Noah Webster Biography; Ads from 1806 read aloud; 1812 Spelling Quiz; Influential People presentation.
Arabic language learning materials
This is an alternative name for a province in western China, now known as Qinghai, which literally means “blue sea”. Kokonor Lake, located in Qinghai, is the largest saline lake in China.
The area of Guanxi, meaning “west of the passes”, refers to the area around the capital city of Chang’an.
Before China’s unification under the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. there were several competing smaller kingdoms. Han and Qin were two of these kingdoms. Han was located east of famous mountain passes that separated that area from the power base of the Qin dynasty, with its capital in Chang’an. The Qin dynasty itself only lasted about 15 years after unification due to its draconian rule, but soldiers under Qin rule retained a reputation as strong fighters.
Soldiers of that time commonly wore a white head cloth, similar to what is still worn by some peasants in China today. The implication is that the conscripts were so young that they didn’t know how to wrap their head cloths, and needed help from elders.
Located near the Tang capital city of Chang’an, site of the modern city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province, in central China.