With more than 35,000 newspapers and magazines spanning six centuries, the Newseum collection holds many historic treasures.
But our recent discovery of an unknown edition of the April 15, 1865, New York Herald -- one of the first newspapers to report that President Abraham Lincoln died from an assassin's bullet -- surprised even us.
Following a reception talk with curators about how this discovery led to a new exhibit and learn how they uncover and solve mysteries in our collection, act as detectives to authenticate artifacts and sometimes make discoveries that change our view of history.
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