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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On the 9/11 Memorial plaza is the “Survivor Tree,” a callery pear tree that was discovered at Ground Zero in October 2001 severely damaged, with snapped roots and burned and broken branches.
More than eight years before September 11, 2001, another attack on the World Trade Center killed six people and injured more than 1,000.
Ellen Karas, who was working in the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, when al-Qaeda bombed the facility in 1998, shared her experiences during a talk at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on Feb. 6, 2015.
John C. Whitehead, Founding Chairman of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, has died at age 92.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum will hold a new program on the first Saturday of each month in which children will have the opportunity to interact with Chance, a trained disaster relief canine, and his handler and certified trauma responder, Frank Shane.
The laptop computer of Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, currently sits in the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s Historical Exhibition.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum is holding special talks every Tuesday and Thursday this month that will focus on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to honor its anniversary on Feb. 26.
A newly launched interactive graphic available on the 9/11 Memorial’s website explores the institution’s accomplishments since its May 2014 opening.
A new exhibit on the 67th floor of 4 World Trade Center explores the legacy of Mohawk Ironworkers who were involved in post-9/11 rescue efforts and the rebuilding of several World Trade Center buildings.
Contract magazine named architectural firm Davis Brody Bond as the winner in the “public/civic space” category of its annual Interiors Awards at a ceremony Friday morning for its work on the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
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