Newseum: Interactive Museum of News
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“The world’s first interactive museum of news--the Newseum--opened in Arlington, Va., in 1997. Its mission was simple: to help the public and the news media understand one another better. The Newseum also celebrates the value of a unique American notion--the First Amendment. The First Amendment--a covenant between the government and the people--assures that no law will suppress the people’s right to a free press, to speak freely, to worship, to assemble in public or to petition the government for redress of grievances.”Explore the Newseum website where users can read today’s headlines from more than 400 U.S. and international newspaper front pages and play the news trivia game that’s as fresh as today’s headlines.Users can also browse the Newseum’s many exhibits of Pulitzer Prize winning photographs, the Berlin Wall, war stories, the War in Iraq, the Holocaust, cartoon collections, the Black Press, President Kennedy’s assassination, September 11th, and more.Teachers will find an educational section in progress. It currently holds lessons about the First Amendment, student press rights, religious freedoms, freedom of speech, flag-burning, and more.
