It's here. D.C.'s newest museum - the Newseum - will open to the general public on Friday, April 11th.Pegged as the "world's most interactive museum," it's seven levels boasts 14 major galleries, 15 theaters, two broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience. If you can get in, opening day is the day to go. Admission will be free for this day only. Otherwise, a ticket will cost you $20.
Some highlights: On the ground floor is an exhibit that holds several panels of the Berlin Wall. You can't miss the newscopter looming over the main entrance area. For those of you who want to try your hand at reporting, check out the Be a Reporter interactive newsroom where you can read from prompters and be on camera or check out the computers to send an ecard to family and friends. The 9/11 Gallery contains a piece of the antenna from one of the twin towers and a wall of front pages from newspapers around the world on the day after the attacks. Also, the Newseum has a First Amendment Gallery where you can learn all about the five freedoms and a terrace on Pennsylvannia Avenue with a great view of the Capitol building.
As for the theaters, you don't want to miss the 4-D experience where you literally feel news through history. Also, the Big Screen theater, with its 100-foot screen takes you through some of the most compelling broadcasts of our time. There are also theaters in the basement where you can view documentaries.
And for you foodies out there, the museum's food options may be best of all. Wolfgang Puck has finally arrived on the D.C. food scene with his aptly named restaurant "The Source" located outside the Newseum and "The Food Section" food court located in the basement.
I was lucky enough to get in beforehand to give you an inside peek at the museum. See some pictures below and click for a larger view:
(Above - Great Hall of News Below, Left - View from the Pennsylvania Avenue Terrace, Right top to bottom - Be A Reporter Interactive Newsroom, Berlin Wall)
-Mallory Thompson
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