MUSEUMS OF WRITING AND CALLIGRAPHY IN THE WORLD
The article is devoted to the analysis of the cultural and educational activities of individual museums of writing and calligraphy in China, Russia and the United States as centers for the preservation of the spiritual and historical heritage of mankind. The necessity of solving the problem of further development of this kind of cultural and museum complexes and their inclusion in the programs of tourist routes and excursions was updated. Аn additional comparative analysis of the interpretations of the concepts of "writing", "writing", "calligraphy" is carried out, the main historical stages in the development of graphic writing are identified and briefly characterized.