Ann B. Friedman

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.

Friedman earned a masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1976.

[6][3] The international architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle was hired by Friedman to restore the Franklin School.

"[3][9] Friedman said she was inspired to support and create the museum by her own teaching career and by the examples of the National Museum of Mathematics (New York City) founders and by Washington philanthropists David Rubenstein and the late Washington Wizards basketball team owner Abe Pollin.

[3] Planet Word, which opened in October 2020 at a final cost of $60 million, will pay the city $10 a year on a 99-year lease.