Newseum

With six levels of entertaining and interesting exhibits, the Washington Newseum offers a fascinating insight into how the news is made across the globe. Its high-tech and interactive features include a 4-D time-travel experience, broadcasting studios you can explore, as well as galleries that let you browse the day’s headlines from 80 different newspapers from all over the world.

In the Newseum, you can explore five centuries of world news reportage across 15 different galleries. Start out at the Today’s Front Pages exhibit, which will give you more of an idea as to how daily news is being reported and spread around the world. The Time Warner World News Gallery section explores contrasting states of press freedom in nearly every nation on Earth, and will teach you much more about the kinds of challenges that are being faced by journalists plying their craft today.

However, it is not just dedicated to the printed word. You’ll also find 15 theatres which play host to news screenings, discussions, lectures and much more. If you’re a sports buff, head for the Sports Theater, which plays a 25-minute documentary remembering legendary moments from sporting history. There is also a Documentary Theater, as well as a space dedicated to some of the incredible shots taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists over the years.

There are even hands-on exhibits for any budding reporters who visit. Check out the Interactive Newsroom where you can craft your story against the clock, or the Bancroft Family Ethics Center, where you’ll face difficult questions to produce your front page.

The Newseum is open daily, and when you visit you could easily spend a whole morning or afternoon here looking at the exhibits and taking part in the games. If you are bringing children along, bear in mind that some of the exhibits are not appropriate for children under 12.