The official blog of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum features stories of commemoration and memorialization, and information on our public programs, special events, and ways to get involved.
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9/11 Memorial Museum Director Alice M. Greenwald presented elements of the museum's exhibition space today for the LMDC board. The board approved $2.29 million in funds that will help support the planning and development of specific elements of the museum
This morning, the Board of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation approved $2.29 million in funds to help support key elements of the Museum's exhibitions, including the Introductory Exhibition which is rendered above. The funds will make possible th
Log on NOW and view online in HD opening night of the “9/11, Today and Tomorrow” speakers series at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site. The series had a touching debut with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, who played personal audio recordings that triggered
For more than 4 years, I’ve worked for the 9/11 Memorial. I’m a senior development officer and I raise money for building and sustaining the Memorial, which opens next year.In 2001, I witnessed the Twin Towers fall. Then I worked in banking at Lehman Br
Horrific. Awestruck. Paralyzing. Stunning. Chilling.This is just a sample of words often expressed when viewing photographs or videotaped scenes from the morning of September 11, 2001. The 9/11 terrorist strike on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers is o
Residents of the Breezy Point neighborhood in Queens donated to the U.S. military a steel I-beam that was once part of the World Trade Center. The beam, which is nine-feet long and two-feet wide, weighs more than 950 pounds. It was donated to the Army th
It is revered as the stalwart pear tree that survived the 9/11 attacks. But a pair of March storms that brought strong winds, and pounded New York with heavy rains, damaged the so-called Survivor Tree. It was uprooted in those storms, leading to major co
Join others who are contributing to the collection of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum by sharing stories, videos or pictures for the Make History project. Whether you were in lower Manhattan on 9/11 or watching the events unfold on a
In case you missed it, there were a series of successful tests of a mock-up section of the 9/11 Memorial waterfalls in Brooklyn earlier this year. The Associated Press reported on the mock-up waterfall demonstration. The 30-foot mock-up is no longer at th
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay opened the new "9/11, Today and Tomorrow" speakers series at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site with powerful audio recordings that triggered emotion, drew smiles and inspired hope. One of the recordings was a heartfelt remembr
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