# Newseum closing today (December 31 2019)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newseum-closing-today-december-31-2019/845685 "2019-12-31T18:47:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newseum-closing-today-december-31-2019/845685/21 "2020-01-03T21:40:36Z")

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> [@SciFiSam](#):
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> I visited and enjoyed it - I think it was included in a visitors’ pass or with an open-top bus tour ticket I bought or something like that. The free museums close at around 5 and we wanted to go to museums after that, so it had that advantage. Cities like London that have lots of free museums also manage to keep a few large paying museums going, so I’m not sure that’s the reason.
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> Possibly it’s part of changing attitudes towards the press in general - so many people don’t trust it at all, or only want one version of events that suits their bias.

London also has passes which cover some of the expensive main attractions such as the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey as well as the paid museums. They’re not often good value, but tourists grab them.

D.C. is such a museum and monument heavy city that I can see why a $25 admission fee is something that the average tourist balks at. I go to D.C. often and I’m usually only good for one museum a day.

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