Newseum
The Newseum was a journalistic museum located first in Rosslyn, Virginia, and later at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. It was dedicated to news and journalism that promoted free expression and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, while tracing the evolution of communication.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 550 feet south of Newseum.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,900 feet west of Newseum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Capitol Hill
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Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Newseum
- Type: Building
- Description: museum dedicated to news and journalism in Washington, D.C.
- Category: museum
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Newseum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيوزيام”
- Armenian: “Լրագրության և նորությունների թանգարան”
- Bengali: “নিউজিয়াম”
- Catalan: “Newseum”
- Chinese: “新聞博物館”
- Chinese: “華盛頓新聞博物館”
- Dutch: “Newseum”
- French: “Newseum”
- German: “Newseum”
- Indonesian: “Newseum”
- Italian: “Newseum”
- Japanese: “ニュージアム”
- Korean: “뉴지엄”
- Latin: “Newseum”
- Persian: “موزه خبر”
- Persian: “نیوزیوم”
- Polish: “Newseum”
- Portuguese: “Newseum”
- Russian: “Музей журналистики и новостей”
- Sinhala: “නිව්සියම් - පුවත්පත් කෟතුකාගාරය.”
- Sinhala: “නිව්සියම්”
- Spanish: “Newseum”
- Thai: “Newseum”
- Thai: “นิวเซียม”
- Thai: “นูเซียม”
- Ukrainian: “Музей журналістики й новин”
- Ukrainian: “Музей новин”
- Urdu: “نیوزیم”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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Washington, D.C.: Must-Visit Destinations
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