The MEMO Blog

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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families, friends of terror attack victims needed for commemorative memorial exhibition (Updated X6)

May 12, 2010

When the 9/11 Memorial Museum opens in 2012, it will be a place of which we will be very proud.  That means fulfilling our mission to commemorate the various lives of the 2,982 victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 and February 26, 1993.The Memoria

Take a walking tour of a downtown NYC community steeped in rich history

May 12, 2010

The 9/11 Memorial welcomes visitors and the city's residents to take a walk of remembrance through a commemorative self-guided tour of lower Manhattan.  A rich history exists in downtown and the 9/11 Memorial is providing a guide to easily find local land

Video of trees picked to create forest at 9/11 memorial

May 11, 2010

Hundreds of trees will grow at the World Trade Center site, formerly known as ground zero.About 400 swamp white oak and sweetgum trees will stretch out above the 9/11 Memorial's plaza, creating a rustling canopy of leaves. The trees were harvested within

Visionaries Support 9/11 Memorial at Tribeca Film Festival

May 10, 2010

More than 300 young, civic-minded and forward-looking professionals came out in support of the the 9/11 Memorial Visionary Circle on April 26, 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The event was the second for the Visionary Circle which has succeeded in rais

Progress Report: Bronze panels inscribed with names of terror attack victims, memorial waterfalls

May 10, 2010

Donning a hard hat, blindingly bright safety vest and dark shades concealing his eyes, 9/11 Memorial Project manager Ron Vega scaled a section of the outside wall of the north pool of the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center construction site."Soon the

Teaching 9/11 to students, to the world

May 7, 2010

On a recent Saturday, the 9/11 Memorial Museum staff collaborated with the United Federation of Teachers, or UFT, in an open house event at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site, 20 Vesey St. We hosted a panel with New York City teachers, who have used our resou

The 9/11 Memorial Preview Site is featured in 'citybuzz'

May 6, 2010

The 9/11 Memorial Preview Site is creating a buzz.The Preview Site is featured in a video made for Citybuzz, a traveler's broadcast shown in nearly 200 hotels in New York and Chicago, convention centers and aboard commercial flights.The video highlights

Despite trying economic climate, accounting firms donate $4 million to 9/11 Memorial

May 6, 2010

Despite the slumped economy, four leading accounting firms have donated a total of $4 million to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers each pledged $1 million to help build and sustai

View panel discussion on 9/11 Terror Trials online

May 5, 2010

If you missed the discussion between a panel of legal and security experts on the pending 9/11 terror trials, view it on The MEMO blog in HD.The video of this unique experience is brought to you by WNET.ORG's THIRTEEN Forum, which is providing this panel

Photographer recounts surviving WTC collapse

May 4, 2010

Independent photojournalist Catherine Leuthold had survived the collapse of the World Trade Center's south tower.Feeling uncertain about whether she would escape what was to come in the attack, she sought a reflective surface. She found a large mirror, po