The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
![Artist Frank Dammers and the Dutch consul general stand beside a painting of the lower Manhattan skyline, including One World Trade Center, at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.](/sites/default/files/styles/standard/public/images/_78Q1894.jpg?itok=Cv55hNh_)
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: Last Friday the 9/11 Memorial Museum welcomed the Dutch Consulate General Dolph Hogewoning and artist Frank Dammers with a ceremony honoring the recent acquisition of his painting “Freedom America” into the permanent collection.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
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New on View: Helmet Belonging to Firefighter Mickey Kross Who Survived Tower Collapse
![FDNY Lieutenant Mickey Kross’ helmet is displayed on a white surface at the Museum. It is equipped with a flashlight and a visor. The number 16 is on the front of it.](/sites/default/files/images/p_c_2006_12_1a_matt_flynn_cropped.jpg)
One of the first artifacts donated to the 9/11 Memorial Museum recently went on view in the museum’s historic exhibition: an FDNY fire helmet Lt. Mickey Kross wore when he responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11.
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Picture Tells More Than a Thousand Words
![A large framed photo on a white wall shows the lower Manhattan skyline on the morning of 9/11 before the Twin Towers before the attacks.](/sites/default/files/images/JL_MOND_01_cropped_0.jpg)
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, photographer David Monderer set out to capture the grand New York City skyline from the recently opened pedestrian walkway on the Manhattan Bridge.