Read all about it! Newseum opening on April 11

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Hold the front page! There's a new museum in the US capital, the Newseum, a shrine to journalism which traces the history of news from the first scribblings on clay to the digital age.

The glitzy new attraction on the Washington tourist trail, built at a cost of 450 million dollars, bills itself as the "World's Most Interactive Museum" and opens its doors to the public this week.

It features thousands of historic newspaper front pages, iconic news photos, hundreds of hours of film, artifacts and interactive games in 14 galleries, 15 theaters and two television studios.

It's the brainchild of USA Today newspaper founder Al Neuharth's Freedom Foundation, a non-profit group which Newseum executive director Joe Urschel described as "dedicated...