A museum of typewriters, and the people still using them

Visitors can type a letter on a 1920s machine and mail it from the museum.

Close-up of the keys of a vintage typewriter

A new museum in Westfield holds more than 400 typewriters, and visitors are encouraged to use them. Each visitor can type a letter on a 1920s machine and mail it from the museum’s own postbox.

“People come in to look and stay for an hour typing,” said curator Henry Adebayo.