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Published Online: 18 April 2008

New Museum Is Big News

Stephanie WhycheAuthors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 43, Number 8
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.43.8.0022a
What structure located on a famous avenue in the nation's capital is divided into seven levels, occupies a 643,000-square-foot lot, cost a cool $450 million, boasts 250,000 square feet of interior space, and features a 90-foot interior atrium (nearly 30 feet higher than the Sistine Chapel), 50 tons of Tennessee marble, and eight three-ton panels of the Berlin Wall. What's more, the structure contains 15 theaters, 14 major galleries, and 12 exhibit areas.
The Newseum in Washington, D.C., is an archival homage to the news industry, newsmakers, and news gatherers.
Credit: Newseum/Sam Kittner
Stumped? Well, following the clues will lead you to only one place—the long-awaited, newly constructed Newseum, located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. It pays homage to the news industry—newsmakers, news gatherers, news photographers, and news artists. It opened earlier this month.
According to a press statement, the Newseum “blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. On display are 30,000 newspaper front pages, full copies of 375 historic newspapers and magazines, and 1,800 images in the form of photographs, political cartoons, comics, and graphics.
A journalists' memorial in the building honors those in the profession who have died in the line of duty while covering a news story. Etched on the glass panels are the names of more than 1,800 journalists, photographers, and news broadcasters from around the world. Nearby are photographs of hundreds of these individuals and electronic kiosks containing background data on each honoree. New names, if any, will be added each year.
Next to the Newseum is The Source, the critically acclaimed, multilevel restaurant opened by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck at 575 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Its opening last October (when the Newseum was originally slated to open) was followed by a glowing review in the Washington Post.
More information about the Newseum, including hours and admission fees, is posted at<www.newseum.org/>.▪

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Here is a by-the-numbers peek at Washington's D.C.'s long-delayed Newseum, a high-tech history of the news industry over 500 years.

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