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Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Review
Housed in the former American Legion hall and across from Wright Park, the museum showcases rare and unpublished letters and documents by notables who have shaped history. Themes of the rotating exhibits have included the correspondence from the family of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams and Einstein's theory of relativity.
- Address: 407 S. G St., Tacoma, WA, 98405 | Map It
- Phone: 253/383-2575
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Tues.--Fri. 10--4
- Website: www.rain.org/~karpeles
- Location: Tacoma
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