The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Five women in traditional Mennonite dresses look down from the ramp in Foundation Hall to view the slurry wall and Last Column.
Visitors overlooking Foundation Hall. Photo by Jin Lee.

The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is a photography series devoted to documenting moments big and small that unfold at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

The View: 9/11 Memorial Museum visitors take in the view of the slurry wall and Last Column from the museum’s Foundation Hall overlook.

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Henry Kissinger Discusses Conflicts in the Middle East

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gestures as he speaks with Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs.

More than 200 people filled the 9/11 Memorial Museum auditorium last night, eagerly awaiting former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. He was invited to discuss how the United States should approach current conflicts in the Middle East.

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New Exhibition Features FEMA Photographs of Ground Zero

FEMA photographer Andrea Booher looks down at smoking piles of debris at Ground Zero on an evening shortly after the 9/11 attacks. She is wearing a hardhat and a mask as she holds a camera in her hands. The skyscrapers of lower Manhattan are in the distance. Two cranes are in the foreground.

Renowned photojournalist and filmmaker Andrea Booher responded to ground zero the day after 9/11 to document Federal Emergency Management Agency’s role in the rescue and recovery effort.

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