The Washington D.C Newseum

On Sunday we went to the Newseum in Washington D.C. As you probably can tell, the Newseum is all about the news. That is the place to go to for news junkies who are always hungry for information. I went there with my Mom, brother, Tita Sienna and my cousin. (Tita means aunt in Filipino language.) It was really nice there. There were even newspapers dating back to the 15th century. There was an entire floor that talked about 9/11 tragedy. And there is also a "Be a reporter experience" where just for 5 dollars you can be a reporter. We did not get to do it though because we only had two hours to look around the whole museum. Last Sunday was the last day of the promo for the month of August that entitles free admission for all kids under 18.

We had to look for a parking first. We used our Garmin GPS to navigate ourselves around the busy streets of Washington D.C. and all the people. Then we found a suitable place for our car kind of near the Newseum. We also used the GPS to get to the Newseum. The Newseum is also known for having the highest hydraulic elevator in Washington. Hydraulic means it is powered by water. And that is the first thing we saw when we entered. So we bought our tickets and went to an orientation about the museum. The orientation suggested that we start the Newseum top down. So that is what we did. We went to the hydraulic elevators so we could go up. But my Tita Sienna saw an exhibit of parts of the Berlin wall behind it. There is really so much history behind that wall. And I literally mean behind it. Because behind that area is the whole history and videos about the wall. How and when it was erected, and the 1989 fall of the berlin wall. We stayed there for twenty minutes just reading.

The hydraulic elevator is so big and there was so much space it's like a big empty bedroom. Imagine how many people you could fit in it. There were three functioning elevators but they were only using one because there were not many people that day. When the museum is full they could use all three of those elevators. The elevator brought us up to the top floor with the best view of the Capitol.

Inside we saw current international news headlines, including my own, The Philippines. They change it everyday so you can read the top headlines of every country in the world.

The 4th floor was filled with newspapers dating back to the 15th century up to 2007. There were newspapers there about 9/11, the first man on the moon, World War 1 and 2, the civil war and all those stuff that happened in history. Pretty cool!!

The 3rd floor talked about the 9/11 disaster. There was even a part of the antenna of the north building of the World Trade Center. All rusty and broken. And attached to the walls were hundreds of newspapers talking about 9/11 from around the world. On the other side of the 3rd floor there were these small TVs that talked about front page news.

The 2nd floor was a newsroom that monitors the whole of the NEWSEUM. It's functional, you know how I know, because amongst the computers was a person sitting there checking his facebook account. Yeah, all the computers had news stuff in it and a computer had facebook. On the other side of the 2nd floor there was a souvenir shop where my brother bought a magnet for my cousin and a pin for himself. And a machine where you would have to flatten a penny with two quarters and make yourself a souvenir. On the opposite side of the room was the "Be a reporter" experience and lots of interactive computer games. We did not get to do the be a reporter experience because it was already closed by the time we got there. My brother wanted to do it though. So instead we played computer games. The games were good too.

The lowest level had the FBI exhibit. But it was almost closed by the time we got there.

If you like news and museums, then the Newseum is the place to go.