Stuffed with a hodgepodge of historical written artifacts, this detour is for history nerds and book- and literature-lovers. The rotating exhibits at this museum – one of a dozen Karpeles manuscript museums nationwide – often spotlight literary masterworks, from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes.
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