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  Location of Newseum in Washington, D.C.  Newseum (the United States) | |
| Established | April 18, 1997 |
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| Dissolved | December 31, 2019[1][2] |
| Location | 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C., United States |
| Coordinates | 38°53′36″N 77°01′09″W / 38.893219°N 77.01924°W |
The Newseum was an American museum at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C., 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.[3]
The seven-level, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) museum was located in Washington, D.C., and 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.
It opened at its first location in Rosslyn, Virginia, on April 18, 1997, and on April 11, 2008, it opened at its last location. As of December 31, 2019, the Newseum had closed its doors[4] and many exhibits and artifacts were put into storage or returned to their owners.
- ^ Daley, Jason (October 3, 2019). "D.C.'s Newseum Is Closing Its Doors at the End of the Year". Smithsonian.
- ^ "Newseum is Closing; First Amendment Mission Goes Forward". Newseum. October 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019.
- ^ "About | Newseum". www.newseum.org. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Hyman, Jacqueline (January 1, 2020). "The Newseum closed on Dec. 31. Here's some Jewish history you may have missed". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved January 15, 2023.