Newseum Announces Journalists Memorial Rededication, May 13

 

On Monday, May 13, the Newseum will rededicate its Journalists Memorial, which honors newspeople who died or were killed in the pursuit of news. The names of 84 journalists who died covering the news in 2012 will be added to the memorial at the 10 a.m. ceremony, along with six journalists killed in previous years who were recently brought to the Newseum’s attention. The 2012 death toll of 84 is the fourth highest number of journalists killed in a single year.

The Dream Is Alive to Play at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Beginning March 29

 

Smithsonian Theaters will launch the giant-screen film, The$Dream$Is$Alive, March 29 at the Airbus IMAX Theater in the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. A highly regarded IMAX classic originally released in June 1985, The Dream Is Alive is narrated by Walter Cronkite and focuses on NASA’s Shuttle Program. Included in the film is coverage of shuttle mission STS-41-D, the first launch of Discovery, including footage of liftoff and the deployment of two of the three satellites on the mission. Footage is also shown of Discovery’s landing and cross-country transport from its landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the back of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Kennedy Images Lost on 9/11 To Be Displayed at the Newseum

 

“Creating Camelot” Photography Exhibit, Featuring More Than 70 Images of
JFK and Family, Opens April 12

On April 12, the Newseum will open a new exhibit, “Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe,” as part of its year-long exploration of the life, legacy and death of America’s 35th president. The exhibit features intimate, behind-the-scenes images of John F. Kennedy, his wife, Jacqueline, and their children, Caroline and John, taken by Kennedy’s personal photographer.

Kelly Slater¹s 3-D IMAX Surf Epic to Launch at Smithsonian¹s National Museum of Natural History March 15

 

Film Offers Glimpse into Interplay of Natural Forces That Create The Ultimate Wave Tahiti

Newseum Opens Exhibit Featuring MLK Birmingham, Ala., Jail Cell Door

 

 

Marks the beginning of multiyear exploration of civil rights milestones

Newseum and Hirshhorn Celebrate Freedom With Three-Night Projection of the Art and Words of Renowned Artist Ai Weiwei

 

The Newseum, in partnership with the Hirshhorn Museum, will present a projection featuring images and quotes by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Ai is an outspoken critic of the Chinese government’s stance on democracy whose advocacy of universal human rights complements the Newseum’s mission to champion freedom of speech and expression for all people.

Be a Part of History at the Newseum on Inauguration Day With Special Package

 

The Newseum, the only museum with a direct view of the inaugural parade route on historic Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is offering a special event package for Inauguration Day, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

Newseum Displays More Than 800 of Today’s Election Front Pages

 

This morning, the Newseum will receive electronic versions of more than 800 front pages from newspapers across the country and around the world announcing the results of the 2012 presidential election. Each of these pages can be found on http://www.newseum.org, and 60 of the most compelling front pages, including one from each state and the District of Columbia, will be printed for display at the Newseum’s Pennsylvania Avenue entrance. Another 80 will be displayed inside the Newseum in the Today’s Front Pages Gallery.

Skyfall Opens 1 Day Early in IMAX

 

SKYFALL Launches at Smithsonian’s Airbus IMAX Theater Nov. 8 The long-awaited next chapter in the famed James Bond franchise, SKYFALL, will open at National Air and Space Museum’s Airbus IMAX Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., Nov. 8, one day ahead of its nationwide release Nov. 9. Featuring Daniel Craig as writer Ian Fleming’s iconic Agent 007, this will be the first IMAX installment of the venerable James Bond franchise.

The Academy Unveils Details of New Movie Museum

 

THE ACADEMY UNVEILS VISION FOR NEW MUSEUM BY ARCHITECTS RENZO PIANO AND ZOLTAN PALI.

ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES WILL BE FIRST MAJOR MUSEUM IN U.S. DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO
THE ART, SCIENCE OF MOVIES