From the Founder: A Summer Status Update
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…
Shakespeare at Planet Word
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…
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…
Words Matter — Gallery Preview!
Words have incredible power. The WORDS MATTER gallery will drive this message home, as visitors see and hear stories from real people about how words and language can transform lives…
The Spoken World — Gallery Preview!
What will you do at Planet Word? In The Spoken World, you’ll dive headfirst into the awe-inspiring diversity of the world’s languages! This gallery brings together spoken and signed languages…
At Planet Word, Let Poetry Surround You
Poems can uplift, inspire, challenge, and change us. A poet’s careful use of words can bring us comfort or stir outrage in the face of injustice. In short, a poem…