Galleries Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Galleries Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 The Wit of Washington: Remembering Legendary Political Humorist Art Buchwald https://planetwordmuseum.org/the-wit-of-washington-remembering-legendary-political-humorist-art-buchwald/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:56:09 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9438 “You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is satire. All you’re doing is recording it.” — Art Buchwald Before Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Trevor Noah, there was…

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]]> Banned Books Week at Planet Word https://planetwordmuseum.org/banned-books-week-at-planet-word/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:00:09 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8866 This week, visitors to Planet Word will confront an unusual sight in the Library: books wrapped in paper, their covers obscured, the word “BANNED” stamped across them. Banned Books Week…

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]]> Inside Look on Multilingualism: Creating Planet Word’s Newest Interactive Display https://planetwordmuseum.org/inside-look-on-multilingualism-creating-planet-words-newest-interactive-display/ Thu, 02 May 2024 16:51:51 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8332 Did you know that, in addition to the main features of our galleries — like our stunning Word Wall and enchanting Story Table — Planet Word has interactive touchscreen displays…

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]]> A Summer Status Update https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-a-summer-status-update/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:59:53 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=2695 Stepping inside the Franklin School these days is like walking into a surround-sound of onomatopoeia!  Buzzing, clanging, banging, and whooshing envelop us as we finish base-building work and the final…

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]]> Shakespeare at Planet Word https://planetwordmuseum.org/shakespeare-planet-word/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:21:17 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=2684 When we started planning Planet Word, since no one had ever visited a word museum, people had lots of assumptions about what it would be like. One of the most-often…

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]]> Where Do Words Come From? — Gallery Preview! https://planetwordmuseum.org/where-do-words-come-from-gallery-preview/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/where-do-words-come-from-gallery-preview/ Imagine this: you’re standing in front of a massive wall of a thousand English words. It climbs 20 feet to the ceiling and stretches 40 feet across the room. Along…

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