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Oct 10, 2023

D.C.’s Planet Word Opens New Exhibit Aimed At Normalizing Dyslexia

The interactive exhibit is designed to debunk myths about the learning disability that impacts one in five people in the U.S.

Mar 15, 2021

Here’s The Reopening Status Of D.C. Museums

Museums from the Glenstone to the Phillips Collection and International Spy Museum are starting to reopen, with varying restrictions.

Oct 21, 2020

D.C.’s New Language Museum Has Animated Books And Very Nerdy Karaoke

Planet Word is a high-tech tribute to language, no prescriptivism allowed.

Feb 06, 2019

D.C. Council Gets (Some) Answers About Why City Didn’t Intervene Sooner In Damage Of Franklin School

After a developer building a museum damaged the historic site last year, it took more than a week for DCRA to issue a stop work order.

Sep 04, 2018

D.C. Halts Renovation At Franklin School

An inspection found that interiors had been removed from the historic site.

Jun 28, 2017

Ten Museums That Don’t Exist In D.C. … Yet

At times it can seem that everyone with a vault full of goodies (or an outreach program) wants to plant a museum here. These are closer than most to becoming a reality.

Jan 25, 2017

Downtown’s Franklin School To Become A Linguistics Museum Called ‘Planet Word’

If the D.C. Council approves of the plan.

 
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