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

Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

$0.00 | 925 13th St. NW, Entrance on K Street

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].