Planet Word’s 5th Wordiversary Celebration: A Free Community Day

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 10:00 am to 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

925 13th St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20005 | Washington, DC

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Join Planet Word for our 5th annual Wordiversary and Community Day, celebrating five years of inspiring a love of words, language, and reading for communities near and far. In addition to our signature exhibit and gallery experiences, listen to gallery pop-up talks from curatorial staff, participate in live experiments by the Language Science Station, relax with word games, tasty treats, and music in our Wordplay Lounge in the Mansard Room, and enter for a chance to win exciting raffle prizes such as a free Lexicon Lane experience and more!
Schedule of Activities:
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. — Gallery Activities
* Self-guided Building History & Architecture Audio Tour on Bloomberg Connects
* Language activity sheets
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Language Science Station Live Demonstrations
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. — Out of the Vault: Words Matter Visitor Story Archive & Reflection Activity
11:00 a.m. — Curator Pop-up Talk: Words Matter Visitor Story Archive
10:30 a.m. — Family Storytime
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. — Wordplay Lounge
* Wordplay games and light treats available
12:00 p.m. — Curator Pop-up Talk: Bringing New Books to Life
2:00 p.m. — Globe Raising & Planet Word Tech Fun Facts
3:00 p.m. — Raffle (must be present to collect prizes)
For questions or concerns regarding accessibility needs, please contact [email protected].
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