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Confetti flies as the Newseum officially opens on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington D.C. Friday, April 11, 2008. View photo »
The Newseum's opening day banner is seen through windows as visitors walk the halls during opening day. View photo »
Visitors walk around the Internet, TV and Radio gallery during the opening day of the Newseum. View photo »
Phil Nibali of Baltimore, Md. looks at Pulitzer Prize winning photographs on display during the opening day of the Newseum. View photo »
Tiles in the women's bathroom highlight headline bloopers from newspapers collected by the Columbia Journalism Review. View photo »
Children play an interactive game inside the Newseum's Ethics Center during the opening day. View photo »
Mark Hillier of London, England looks at a display during the opening day of the Newseum. View photo »
Photographs of journalists killed while on assignment cover a wall at the Journalists Memorial. View photo »
Tiles in the women's bathroom highlight headline bloopers from newspapers collected by the Columbia Journalism Review. View photo »
TIME senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf's blood-stained notebook from when he lost his hand in Iraq is on display at the Newseum on opening day. View photo »
Brittany Warren, 14, Damion Burriss, 13, and Shameka Lyles, 14, of Washington, D.C. pretend to be television reporters at a "Be A Reporter" station. View photo »
Visitors watch a video about journalists covering the terrorist attacks inside the 9/11 Gallery at the Newseum. View photo »
Tiles in the women's bathroom highlight headline bloopers from newspapers collected by the Columbia Journalism Review. View photo »
Carl Stokes, 13, and his mother Karen of Omaha, Neb. look at the front pages of that day's newspapers from all over the world during the opening day of the Newseum in Washington D.C. View photo »
Katherine Kipp of Jackson, Tenn. looks into one of the exhibits--the ground floor doorway of a three-story East German guard tower that was located near Checkpoint Charlie in East Berlin. View photo »
Newseum visitor representative Melvina Johnson hands out opening day announcements outside of the Newseum. View photo »
Tiles in the women's bathroom highlight headline bloopers from newspapers collected by the Columbia Journalism Review. View photo »
Kevan Kentish, left, and Keisha Dunston, both teachers at Howard Road Academy in Washington D.C. get their photo taken on the Hank Greenspun Terrace on Pennslyvania Avenue during opening day festivities at the Newseum. View photo »
Film canister-shaped salt and pepper shakers are for sale at the gift shop. View photo »
T-shirts and other items are for sale at the Newseum gift shop. View photo »
Tiles in the women's bathroom highlight headline bloopers from newspapers collected by the Columbia Journalism Review. View photo »
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 (2 a.m.)
Along historic Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington DC, where visitors stroll and new presidents make the inaugural trip to their new home, stands the latest addition to the civic tour of the capital: A museum to the Fourth Estate.
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