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| Me in front of the Berlin Wall |
Today is National Museum Day. That means I was able to go into any of 1,200 museums across the country. Most of the museums in DC are free anyway, but I had wanted to go to the Newseum last week until I found out that it cost $20 to get in. Since it was free today, I decided to go. I was there shortly after it opened at 9am. I started at the bottom level for a short introductory video. Then I saw the Berlin Wall, or pieces of it anyway. They also had a watch tower. I wasn't expecting them to have artifacts along with the news, so that was a pleasant surprise.
I spent the next 7 hours or so looking around the 6 levels of the museum. They have an exhibit on Katrina and 9/11. They also have various other themed exhibits. There is a 4D movie (not real long, but interesting), and an exhibit devoted to Elvis. One exhibit has the front page of newspapers from various events around the world. They go back to the 1600s even. It was interesting.
For the Newseum, you can get in two consecutive days in a row, but I think one day was enough. I didn't read everything in the museum, or watch every documentary, but I think another day would be too much.
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| Old Peanuts cartoon |
After I had looked through the museum, I headed back home. I was going to go shopping . . . but I'm just too tired. Oh well. I guess I'll have to go Monday.
Oh, another thing . . . the Newseum basically processes news from all over the globe every day, recording videos, receiving copies of newsprints, etc. They even have a display outside the museum with the front page of a newspaper from each of the 50 states, plus a couple other newspapers that are changed every single morning.
I have a lot of information to process now, and there are some older news stories that I want to look up and get more information. I think I'll wait until later, though, when my brain isn't so full of info.
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| They even had news on the bathroom walls! |
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| Great view from the terrace of Level 6 |
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| Small news article talking about the death of Jews during the holocaust |
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| That article was much smaller than an ad on the same page |
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| Women can now VOTE! |
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| The evolution of the telephone |
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| Segregation of women and men |
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| Tribute to 9/11, there were many more front pages, but I couldn't fit them in one shot. |
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| Sad commentary on the education of our nation |
