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Newseum blends high-tech with the Historic. With historic headlines, moving images and powerful interactive exhibits, the Newseum lets you experience some of the biggest events in history.
Highlights of the Newseum:
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Seven levels of galleries, theaters, shops |
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Fourteen major interactive galleries |
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Fifteen theaters - feature films that highlight the world's greatest stories and moments
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4-D theater - customized, high-tech, four-dimensional interactive features that take visitors to great news events of history in a "you-are-there" experience that combines museum-quality content with theme-park excitement.
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3 level restaurant - the Source by Wolfgang Puck |
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The Food Section-Food Court |
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Many award winning traveling exhibits |
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The Newseum, a 250,000-square-foot museum of news, offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. It offers a unique environment that takes museumgoers behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made.
The exterior's unique architectural features include a 74-foot-high marble engraving of the First Amendment and an immense front wall of glass through which passers-by can watch the museum fulfill its mission of providing a forum where the media and the public can gain a better understanding of each other.
The Newseum features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor services. The Newseum also features a food court, two-level Newseum Store and a special entrance on the C Street side of the building for groups. In addition to the Newseum, the building includes a two-level, 24,000-square-foot conference center and a three-level restaurant, the Source by Wolfgang Puck.
View Our Permanent Exhibits
Fourteen major galleries blend five centuries of news history, including the people, places and times, with up-to-the-second technology.
What's Playing?
The Newseum is one of the most technologically advanced museums in the world. The Newseum ordered 100 miles of fiber-optic cable to link up-to-the-second technologies that include electronic signage and interactive kiosks, two broadcast studios, 15 theaters and a 40-by-22-foot high-resolution media screen.
Additional Features
The Hank Greenspun Terrace on Pennsylvania Ave treats visitors to panoramic views of the U.S. Capitol and the National Mall, unmatched by any other viewpoint. The view encompasses landmarks and monuments of American history, the U.S. Capitol, the National Gallery of Art, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution and the Washington Monument.
This 3,000-square-foot space features an 80-foot-long exhibit that traces the colorful history of Pennsylvania Ave and the important news events from protests to presidential inauguration parades that have taken place on America's Main Street.
Visitors come away with a better understanding of news and the important role it plays in all of our lives. Get your eTickets today for the new Newseum. It is educational, inspirational and a whole lot of fun! |
