Newseum

關於

The Newseum (April 18, 1997 – March 3, 2002 and April 11, 2008 – December 31, 2019) was a journalistic museum located first in Rosslyn, Virginia, and later at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. It was dedicated to news and journalism that promoted free expression and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, while tracing the evolution of communication.

The purpose of the museum, funded by the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan U.S. foundation dedicated to freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought, was to help the public and the media understand each other.

The seven-level, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) museum in Washington, D.C. featured fifteen theaters and fifteen galleries. Its Berlin Wall Gallery included the largest display of sections of the wall outside Germany. The Today's Front Pages Gallery presented daily front pages from more than 80 international newspapers. The Today's Front Pages Gallery is still available on the Newseum's website, along with a few other galleries. Other galleries presented topics including the First Amendment, world press freedom, news history, the September 11 attacks, and the history of the Internet, TV, and radio.

Its first location opened in Rosslyn, Virginia on April 18, 1997, and on April 11, 2008, it opened at its last location. On December 31, 2019, the Newseum closed its doors permanently and many exhibits and artifacts were put into storage or returned to their owners.

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