Planet Word

Planet Word is a language arts museum that opened in Washington, D.C., in October 2020.[1] The museum is described as "The museum where language comes to life" and features exhibits dedicated to topics such as the history of the English Language, how children learn words, and how music and advertising use words.[1] It is located in Franklin Square at the historic Franklin School.

Planet Word
EstablishedOct 21, 2020
Location925 13th St, NW Washington, D.C., US
Websitehttps://planetwordmuseum.org/

The museum was created by Ann B. Friedman, a philanthropist and former reading teacher who is married to New York Times opinion columnist Tom Friedman.[2] It occupies the historic Franklin School building, designed by Adolf Cluss, and located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street.[3]

Speaking Willow, an interactive, motion-detecting tree sculpture is an exhibit created by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that whispers to visitors in hundreds of different languages as they enter the museum.[4] This interactive sculpture was delivered by Public Art Fund in collaboration of art foundry, UAP. [5]Other notable exhibits within the museum include First Words, Where Do Words Come From?, and The Spoken Word.[6]

While being constructed in 2019, construction was ordered to stop for illegally removing historic elements.[7] Work resumed two months later after an agreement to reinstall the interiors.[8]

References
  1. "Home". Planet Word Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. "Attention, Word-Nerds: A Museum of Linguistics Is Coming to D.C." CityLab.
  3. O'Connell, Jonathan (25 January 2017). "Philanthropist Ann Friedman picked to turn D.C.'s Franklin School into 'Planet Word.'". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. Dingfelder, Sadie (13 March 2019). "A giant, whispering 'tree' is coming to downtown D.C." Washington Post. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Speaking Willow - Public Art Fund". www.publicartfund.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  6. "Exhibits". Planet Word Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  7. "Construction has damaged interior of historic Franklin School, preservationists say". Washington Post. 30 August 2018.
  8. "Developer resumes work on Franklin School project after agreeing to reinstall historic fabric". Curbed. 16 Jan 2019.

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