Newseum Shutting Its Doors For Good On This Date

WASHINGTON, DC — The Newseum has announced it will be closing its doors for good on Dec. 31.

It marks the end of 11 years and nearly 10 million visitors for the museum, which struggled financially for years and eventually sold the building -- located on Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Mall -- to Johns Hopkins University.

You can purchase tickets online for a 15 percent discount.

"We know visitors love the Newseum (don’t take our word for it; read the TripAdvisor reviews for yourself), but it has struggled financially for a number of years and continuing to operate in our current location has proven unsustainable," the Newseum said in a statement. "In January 2019, we announced an agreement to sell the Newseum building on historic Pennsylvania Avenue to Johns Hopkins University, a premier academic institution, which will use the facility for its D.C.-based graduate programs."

The Freedom Forum provided some additional context on the sale.

"The sale comes at the conclusion of a 16-month strategic review, announced in August 2017, of the Freedom Forum's funding priorities, including an assessment of the Newseum's unsustainable operating costs," the statement reads. "The purpose of the review was to identify financially responsible solutions for the building through creative partnerships, a partial sale, leaseback scenarios, or other joint ventures. Despite those efforts, the Freedom Forum review made clear that a sale of the facility was the best path forward to enable the organization and its affiliates to continue their First Amendment-based mission. Johns Hopkins will acquire the property for $372.5 million."