AmericaJR’s Jason and Gloria Rzucidlo recently visited The Newseum in Washington D.C. The Newseum promotes, explains and defends free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. The Newseum’s seven levels of interactive exhibits include 15 galleries and 15 theaters. Among the most memorable exhibits are the 9/11 Gallery Sponsored by Comcast, featuring the broadcast antennae from the top of the World Trade Center; the Berlin Wall Gallery, whose eight concrete sections are one of the largest pieces of the original wall outside Germany; and the Pulitzer Prize Photographs Gallery, which features photographs from every Pulitzer Prize-winning entry dating back to 1942.
Exterior of The Newseum
Celebrating Our First Amendment Freedoms
AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo stands outside
Jason with the front page of the Detroit Free Press
News helicopter from KXAS-TV in Dallas
Attendees can touch this piece of the Berlin Wall
More sections of the Berlin Wall than any other museum in the U.S.
Gloria with sections of the Berlin Wall
West Berlin side of the wall had graffiti
However, the East Berlin side was plain
Gorbachev signs over control of the former Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal to Russia.
Statue of Lenin that was once located in Riga, Latvia
U.S. soldiers gather near Berlin Wall checkpoint (1961)
Newspapers proclaiming the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin
A woman crawls out of a car after escaping to West Berlin (1963)
A jubilant crowd at the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the opening of West and East Berlin (1989)
Jason looks at the U.S. Capitol building
AmericaJR’s Gloria Rzucidlo poses for a photo
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
A row of today’s front page newspapers
Jason attempts to locate the Los Angeles Times
There it is…he found it!
A look down Pennsylvania Avenue
New exhibit will open on Sept. 29, 2017
The Declaration of Independence
Hand-built printing press from Boston
News History exhibit
A copy of the first newspaper from 1493
The first magazine from Germany (1592)
“The Press Empowered”
The Bill of Rights
Antoinete Konz from the “Hattiesburg Reporter”
Edward Snowden and Wikileaks
The Pentagon Papers from “The New York Times”
“Start The Presses!”
The first Journalism School at the University of Missouri (1913)
The first Pulitzer Prize went to Herbert Bayard Swope (1917)
Editors collecting cards
“Eyes and Ears of a Profession”
Notebook that reporter Michael Isikoff used when covering the Monica Lewinsky affair
Camera used by L.A. Times photographer George Watson (1917)
Press badges/passes
Thomas Paine’s writing kit
Script for the first episode of “60 Minutes”
“The Washington Post” reporters covering Watergate
Front page from the “Post” when Nixon resigned
Visitors looking over the historical newspapers
“Can The Press Be Trusted?”
“The Orlando Sentinel” changed its front page three times
Florida voting machine
Hanging chads from the contested election
“The Atlanta Journal” wrongly accused a guard during the Olympic bombing
News as Entertainment
From “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
“Speed of News”
Antique telephones
Lead-type printing
The Newseum is located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, 20001. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $24.95 for Adults (19 to 64), $19.95 for Seniors (65 and older), $14.95 for Youth (7 to 18) and Free for Children (6 and younger). Visit their website at http://www.newseum.org/
