Galleries Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:58:03 +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 From the Founder: 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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]]> Words Matter — Gallery Preview! https://planetwordmuseum.org/words-matter-gallery-preview-2/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/words-matter-gallery-preview-2/ 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…

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]]> The Spoken World — Gallery Preview! https://planetwordmuseum.org/the-spoken-world-gallery-preview/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/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…

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]]> At Planet Word, Let Poetry Surround You https://planetwordmuseum.org/at-planet-word-let-poetry-surround-you/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://planetwordmuseum.org/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…

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