Newseum
1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA. Closest Metro stop is
Rosslyn. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Admission free. tel
703/284-3544,
Under the auspices of the Freedom Forum, in whose headquarters
it stands, the Newseum provides an interactive look at the
history, theory and practice of news. A 126-foot-long video wall
displays live satellite newsfeeds and daily front pages from around
the world, and the News History Gallery features a storyboard
timeline with historic front pages ( Jesse James Assassinated!
Nixon Resigns !). If you can beat the crowds, try your hand at
editing, reporting or TV announcing. Outside, the Freedom
Park (daily dawn to dusk; free) features various "icons" of
freedom - parts of the Berlin Wall, a South African ballot box, and
a toppled statue of Lenin among them. The world's first
Journalists Memorial , a 24-foot-high spiraling glass prism,
is etched with the names of nearly a thousand journalists killed
while reporting. The Newseum is scheduled to move to downtown DC in
2005.
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