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| News museum opens in Washington | |
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| A museum tracing the history of journalism and press freedom has opened its doors for the first time. | |
| The Newseum, in Washington, cost $450m (£228m) and boasts thousands of newspaper front pages and photographs, plus artefacts and hours of film. | The Newseum, in Washington, cost $450m (£228m) and boasts thousands of newspaper front pages and photographs, plus artefacts and hours of film. |
| Newseum executive director Joe Urschel said the site was "dedicated to free speech, free press and free spirit". | Newseum executive director Joe Urschel said the site was "dedicated to free speech, free press and free spirit". |
| An original and much smaller version of the Newseum was based in Arlington, Virginia, and closed in 2002. | An original and much smaller version of the Newseum was based in Arlington, Virginia, and closed in 2002. |
| The new incarnation is housed on Pennsylvania Avenue, between the White House and the US Capitol. | The new incarnation is housed on Pennsylvania Avenue, between the White House and the US Capitol. |
| The seven-floor building offers visitors interactive games in 14 galleries, 15 theatres and two television studios | The seven-floor building offers visitors interactive games in 14 galleries, 15 theatres and two television studios |
| Berlin Wall | Berlin Wall |
| Newseum trustee and ex-Associated Press chief executive Louis Boccardi said the museum was like a newspaper in that visitors could pick and choose what was interesting to them. | |
| Newspapers from decades ago feature alongside film and other artefacts | |
| "It's authentic and meant to convey both the good and those situations where we, the press, haven't performed the way we should have," he said. | |
| One of the exhibits features global coverage of the attacks on 11 September, 2001 and the mangled remains of the broadcast tower that stood atop the World Trade Center. | |
| The journalism museum also includes large sections of the Berlin Wall, archived video and newspapers dating back nearly 500 years. | The journalism museum also includes large sections of the Berlin Wall, archived video and newspapers dating back nearly 500 years. |
| Other exhibits allow visitors to decide on the most important stories for the front page of a newspaper or record a television interview in front of a White House backdrop. | Other exhibits allow visitors to decide on the most important stories for the front page of a newspaper or record a television interview in front of a White House backdrop. |
| And exhibits will evolve with news of the day. | And exhibits will evolve with news of the day. |