The MEMO Blog

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.

First, there were sightings of Peanut Butter Cup wrappings tacked to the walls of the Family Room. Then, those same distinctive Reese's treats were spotted along the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial. Unlike more recurrent offerings of fresh flowe

Now part of the “Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11” exhibition, artist Tobi Kahn constructed "M’AHL," a sculpture comprised of 12 independent segments for an installation titled "Embodied Light: 9/11 in 2011."

The CIA took 9/11 personally. The agency took the terrorist attacks personally “because we weren’t able to prevent it. Officers felt they needed to redouble efforts,” said CIA Director John Brennan who recently spoke at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

Flowers were laid at an FDNY panel on the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in honor of the battalion chief who was killed during a Bronx house explosion Tuesday morning.

Terence Hatton, the captain of FDNY’s elite Rescue Company 1, was nicknamed "Capt. Man-Hatton" for his insistence on learning the borough’s buildings inside and out.

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.

An idea from a volunteer in 2013 has become another way for visitors to learn about the victims, share their experience and connect.

After 9/11, as New Yorkers struggled to find a sense of normalcy, baseball emerged as a powerful healing force in bringing the city together.