1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA. Closest Metro stop is Rosslyn. WedSun 10am5pm. Admission free. tel 703/284-3544, www.newseum.org
Under the auspices of the Freedom Forum, in whose headquarters it stands, the Newseum provides an interactive look at the history, theory and practice of news. A 126-foot-long video wall displays live satellite newsfeeds and daily front pages from around the world, and the News History Gallery features a storyboard timeline with historic front pages ( Jesse James Assassinated! Nixon Resigns !). If you can beat the crowds, try your hand at editing, reporting or TV announcing. Outside, the Freedom Park (daily dawn to dusk; free) features various "icons" of freedom parts of the Berlin Wall, a South African ballot box, and a toppled statue of Lenin among them. The world's first Journalists Memorial , a 24-foot-high spiraling glass prism, is etched with the names of nearly a thousand journalists killed while reporting. The Newseum is scheduled to move to downtown DC in 2005.