Newseum

The 9/11 Gallery at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. represents everything a great piece of art should be. It is humbling, thought provoking, inspiring—ll at the same time. It takes your breath away and makes you pause all the while drawing you near. The display is comprised of an antennae from one of the Twin Towers that somehow survived the events of that day. The crumbled metal reminds you of the many broken spirits and families from the day that have also somehow managed to survive. The antennae seems to rise from somewhere below the floor and towers above you. Directly behind the antennae is a wall blanketed with world-wide newspaper headlines from that day. Seeing page after page of coverage of this event in unison is like taking body blows over and over again as all the memories of that day come pouring back into your heart. Because this is the Newseum, where they focus on the history of journalism, some of the display details the way that reporters covered such an emotional story including a tribute to a photojournalist named William Biggart who died covering the attacks.

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If you could take just one photo: Newseum

Step into the lights, pick up the microphone and let the cameras roll! Report on current events, sports, tourist attractions, yes, even the weather and see yourself on the big screen at Newseum, the news museum of Washington, D.C. Imagine you are a famous reporter and then get a download of your experience to post on YouTube for the world to see! Do it yourself, take a friend, take your family (check for days when kids enter the museum free).

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News junkies may think they have died and gone to heaven. With a decidedly interactive set of galleries and exhibits, the Newseum packs in everything from Tim Russert's Meet the Press office to the door from the Watergate break-in to huge slabs of the Berlin Wall. Every form of modern media is represented—newspapers, radio, television, blogs, tweets, and other digital forms—with a mission that underscores the importance of a free press while displaying media and objects from major world events of the past century. Be forewarned: with fourteen galleries of exhibits and fifteen theaters, including a mind-bending 4D immersion experience, information and sensory overload may occur. Clear your head by taking the giant glass elevators up to the sixth-floor terrace for a tranquil view of the Capitol Building and the National Gallery of Art.

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