The Newseum is not free, but they do have a discount running through the month of July. Admission to the museum is only $17.76 (get it?), down from the regular price or $20. Current exhibits include the Berlin Wall Gallery, G-Men and Journalists, and a gallery of pictures from 9/11.
Plus, the price of admission can get you into the theatre to see guest lecturers. Upcoming:
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009
Location: Knight TV Studio, Level 3, 2:30 p.m.
Inside Media with J. Scott Applewhite, senior photographer with the Associated Press who has covered the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

