RT 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks

General Information

Hours:

9/11 Memorial, Open Daily
Thursday and Friday, 12pm to 7pm
Saturday to Wednesday, 10am to 5pm
9/11 Memorial Museum, Open Thursday-Monday
Thursday and Friday, 12pm to 7pm
Saturday to Monday, 10am to 5pm

Fees:

No fees for Memorial
Museum:
Adult: $26
Youth (7 to 12 years): $15
Young Adult (13 to 17 years): $20
Senior (65+ years): $20

Pet Policy:

No pets allowed

Closest cities with hotels:

Paterson

Seasons:

All year

New York City, NY Weather Forecast

Overview

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan commemorates the 2,977 people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and the six killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The memorial, Reflecting Absence by Michael Arad and Peter Walker (chosen from 5,201 entries), opened on September 11, 2011, with two one-acre pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers and the largest man-made waterfalls in the U.S.; 2,983 names are inscribed on 152 bronze parapets.

The Museum

Location: about 70 feet below ground, reached through a Snøhetta-designed pavilion; dedicated on May 15, 2014 and open to the public on May 21
Collection: more than 14,000 artifacts, 40,000 images, and 3,500 oral recordings, including the Last Column (the last steel to leave Ground Zero), a crushed fire engine, and 911 calls
FDNY memorial wall: a 56-foot bronze bas-relief honoring 343 firefighters

This article uses material from the Wikipedia articles "National September 11 Memorial & Museum", and "Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks", which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0