Newseum Opening (17 images)

Museum goers stream in after the grand opening of the Newseum in Washington on April 11, 2008. The 250,000-square-foot museum of news offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

A visitor looks at Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs at a gallery in the newly finished Newseum in Washington on April 8, 2008. The National Mall's newest museum will open to the public April 11. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Visitors will be greeted by this giant video screen as they enter the newly finished Newseum in Washington on April 8, 2008. The National Mall's newest museum will open to the public April 11. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

The Master Control room in the newly finished Newseum controls televisions, lighting, movies and other electronics installed in the museum in Washington on April 8, 2008. The National Mall's newest museum will open to the public April 11. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)