Talk:Newseum

Citations Needed
This article hasn't been updated in a long time, only reason I'm here is for a class. It could use some specific citations on the financial losses that led to the museum closing. Aslowstory (talk) 23:38, 30 October 2023 (UTC)


 * @Aslowstory this WaPo article has some good background, and this Guardian article has a little. This is helpful context too. Star   Mississippi  01:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Photo request
This article needs a photograph of the museum's building on Pennsylvania Ave. --D. Monack | talk 21:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

A photo has now been added. --D. Monack | talk 02:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Criticism section
The section quoting a criticism of the Newseum's former Arlington location is unnecessary and should be removed. It seems to be little more than the crank views of someone hating on the suburban lifestyle of Northern Virginia. Perhaps suburbia deserves some criticism, but not in an article about the Newseum, of all places!

-R Martin

I agree that the particular criticism isn't necessarily address towards the museum. However, I think some credible criticism towards the museum is due. The museum is arguably a pro-US, anti-world propaganda machine.

Free press on world suffering? Georgia, definitely. Sudan, definitely. Afghanistan? Some suffering caused by an "international" group. Iraq? Definitely not. Palestine? Definitely not. 132.216.227.99 (talk) 03:21, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree the critical reviews of the original facility in Arlington are no longer relevant and show be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul m. sparrow (talk • contribs) 13:48, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Free
The museum isn't free anymore, I was charged a 20 USD entrance fee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.134.216.18 (talk) 23:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The article already explains that the museum charges for admission. --D. Monack | talk 02:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

This ancient statement may have once been true, but the Newseum now charges a very hefty admission fee, considering the content of the place. On the other hand, the architecture may be worth it. The article is quite incorrect on this and I will change it, although someone will probably want to refine my changes. 74.96.36.59 (talk) 16:38, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Expand template
I don't think the expand template is warranted for this article. Obviously the article isn't perfect, but few on Wikipedia are. Warning templates in the main article space are for serious problems, not minor improvements.

User:Cousin Kevin who added the template wrote in his edit summary the 2nd time adding it, "There's no discussion of the displays in it, where the funding to make it came from, et cetera." Actually there is discussion of at least some of the displays such as the 9/11 exhibit, the piece of the Berlin Wall, the daily papers, the journalists memorial, etc. But point taken that a more exhaustive accounting of the displays is needed. As to the point of the funding, the Newseum is operated by the non-profit Freedom Forum, as stated in the article. Many donors contributed to funding the new building (a fraction of whom are listed here: ). A comprehensive list of contributors probably isn't desirable or even possible but the article could note that many contributions came from media corporations.

The template itself says see the talk page, which is why I added this section. In the future when adding this template to an article, please clarify what you think needs adding on the article's talk page. —D. Monack talk 03:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Permanent Exhibits
In contributing the Permanent Exhibits section, I used a few outside sources (About, CNN, NYT, Frommer’s) to augment the information provided by the Newseum. I tried to edit the information from newseum.org to include mostly the basic facts of what the galleries contain and less the spirit, motivation, or opinion associated with the exhibits in order to follow the NPOV principle. I also chose not to include the “ABC News Changing Exhibits Gallery” because, despite the fact that I think it is one of the most compelling exhibits currently in the Newseum, it is described as having “ever changing displays.” I have no affiliation with the Newseum. Taylor202b (talk) 07:47, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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