Culver City · Friday, September 4, 2026

MingKwai: The Chinese Typewriter that Globalized the Digital Age

MingKwai: The Chinese Typewriter that Globalized the Digital Age on Friday, September 4, 2026 at The Wende Museum’s Community Center (Culture). Best for: preschool, school-age.

When

Friday, September 4, 2026

Venue

The Wende Museum’s Community Center

City

Culver City

Category

Culture

Age bands

preschool, school-age

Event page

wendemuseum.org/event/mingkwai

Join us at the Wende Museum for the story of the MingKwai Chinese Typewriter, a machine of near-mythical reputation that debuted in 1947, disappeared for decades, and was rediscovered in a basement in New York. Invented by Chinese-born author and translator Lin Yutang, the MingKwai was a revolutionary attempt to rethink the typewriter for the Chinese…

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