WASHINGTON (AP).- The National Pinball Museum in Washington is being forced to close after just five months. David Silverman, who put up $300,000 of his own money to help open the museum, tells The Washington Post he recently received a letter informi…
Newseum Website Crashes On News Of Osama bin Laden "Dead"
WASHINGTON (AP) — When big news breaks, newspapers are in demand despite the immediacy of online news. Newspaper across the country including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., printed extra …
In an Unusual Incident, Woman Attacks Paul Gauguin Painting at National Gallery in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP).- Officials at the National Gallery of Art say a painting by Paul Gauguin is being inspected for damage after it was attacked by a visitor. The unusual incident happened late Friday afternoon. Museum visitors tell The Washington Post th…
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham Exhibit Opens at the National Portrait Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- Born into privilege, newspaper publisher Katharine Graham (1917–2001) was catapulted onto the international stage as publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. From her entrée to the world of jour…