McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum Opens
The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, supposedly the first museum dedicated to the First Amendment and freedom, opens this week in Chicago. The McCormick Tribune Foundation, which was established when Chicago Tribune editor and publisher Col. Robert McCormick died, supports the museum.
Two Chicago Public Radio shows give us a, uh, listen to the museum:
- The Sunday arts program Hello Beautiful shares interviews with some key people.
- Eight Forty-Eight tours the museum.
When I read the claim on their Web site that they’re the first museum dedicated to the First Amendment and freedom, I immediately thought about The Freedom Forum’s Newseum. The Freedom Forum describes themselves as being concerned with "… three priorities: the Newseum, the First Amendment and newsroom diversity." The Newseum claims to celebrate the First Amendment while being a museum of news.
