WASHINGTON, D.C. – With exhibits that included a piece of the Berlin Wall and others that focused on 9/11 and years of Pulitzer Prize-winning photos, it’s tough to make it through a fraction of the displays at the Newseum, a museum of news.
The Unabomber’s cabin is part of the FBI exhibit at the Newseum. (Mugdha Gurram/YJI)
The surrounding walls are covered with enlarged photos with descriptions of what is shown and the circumstances of how the
photographer captured the image.
picture of a starving Sudanese child and a vulture taken by the late Kevin Carter – the descriptions made them even more meaningful.
A Ku Klux Klan robe and hood is part of the FBI display at the Newseum. (Mughda Gurram/YJI)
The display included the handcuffs used to arrest Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the 1993 World Center bombing, and a carefully preserved Ku Klux Klan costume.
The top level of the Newseum included an open-air balcony that offered a beautiful view of the Capitol – and a great spot for a selfie.
Mugdha Gurram is a Reporter for Youth Journalism International.
Items that help document the arrest of the 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef are part of the FBI exhibit at the Newseum. (Mughda Gurram/YJI)
Sydney Hallett, a Youth Journalism International student from Oakville, Missouri, poses on the balcony of the Newseum with the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop. (Sydney Hallett/YJI)
See more from Youth Journalism International on the Newseum, including photos and information about the 9/11 exhibit and the Pulitzer Prize winning photography exhibit.
Read another piece of YJI’s Newseum package, this one by a St. Louis area teen about her own realization after seeing the Berlin Wall.
I love the Newseum- it really does have it all! I spent many weekends there when I lived in DC. Great review!