Newseum, an interactive museum highlighting the importance of free press and the First Amendment located in Washington, D.C., has opened a groundbreaking exhibit to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots.
On Friday (March 8), Newseum opened the doors of its new exhibit, “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement.” The “Rise Up” exhibit explores the gay rights movement and the role the raid of Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1969 had in acting as a catalyst for the modern gay liberation movement.
This exhibit has been in the works for about a year and a half, Patty Rhule, the vice president of content and exhibit development at the Newseum, told the Washington Blade. However, she says the exhibit was easy to execute because of the enthusiasm surrounding the exhibit.