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Ann B. Friedman (born 1954) is a former teacher and founder of Planet Word, a museum devoted to language arts that opened in Washington, D.C. in October 2020.
Ann B. Friedman had just retired from teaching first grade reading when the idea of Planet Word struck her. Reading about the Museum of Mathematics in New York City, she learned how it used hands-on activities to make math fun. If there’s a museum for math, she thought, why not a museum for words?
Ann B. Friedman Ann Friedman is the Founder and CEO of Planet Word and the developer behind the restoration of the Franklin School, the museum’s home. Her interest in literacy began with a lifelong love of reading, early work as a copy editor and translator, and a later career as a beginning reading and writing teacher in the Montgomery ...
25. Jan. 2022 · Ann Friedman, 67, is founder and chief executive of Planet Word, an interactive museum of words and language that opened in 2020 in downtown D.C. She lives in Bethesda with her husband. So...
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Ann B. Friedman - Founder - Planet Word | LinkedIn. Founder and Board Chair at Planet Word Museum. Bethesda, Maryland, United States. 638 followers 500+ connections. View mutual connections...
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The museum was created by Ann B. Friedman, a philanthropist and former reading teacher who is married to New York Times opinion columnist Tom Friedman. Initial building renovation began in 2017.
The Franklin School was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996. International architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle was hired by the museum’s founder, Ann B. Friedman, to rehabilitate and restore the building to its original “Modern Renaissance” glory.
