The MEMO Blog

The 9/11 Memorial Museum will reopen exclusively for 9/11 family members on the 19th anniversary of 9/11. It will reopen to the public, five days a week, starting on September 12. All visitors to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum must follow our health and safety guidelines.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum redesigned its Rescue & Recovery Workers’ Registry, which serves as a digital archive of stories from rescue and recovery workers and other communities impacted by the 9/11 attacks, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and the ongoing repercussions of both events.

On this day in 1974, 24-year-old French high-wire artist Philippe Petit took his position at 1,350 feet above ground on the edge of the South Tower during the early morning hours.

We are saddened by the loss of one of New York City’s singular talents, the great Pete Hamill, who captured through his writing the juncture of grief, compassion, empathy, patriotism, and community that so distinguished the days and weeks after the 9/11 attacks. 

A former intern, and native New Yorker, reflects on her experience working at the 9/11 Memorial.

In preparation for Tropical Storm Isaias, the 9/11 Memorial plaza will be closed on Tuesday, August 4, when the storm is expected to hit the tristate area.

The New York Times praised the 9/11 Memorial Museum's new virtual Memorial tours for families as "sensitive and Illuminating" in a recent round-up of activities to do during quarantine.  

NYC & Company, the City of New York’s official destination-marketing organization, is launching an “NYC Virtual Field Trips” online resource, which will spotlight online experiences of New York’s many cultural institutions—including the 9/11 Memorial & Museum—to engage those currently unable to visit the city.

In 2016, this arresting maquette was donated to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum by the sculptor, thereby preserving a bronzed fraction of the storied sycamore near its original habitat outside St. Paul’s Chapel. Today, Trinity Root endures, virtually, as an exemplar of Response Art shared in Inside the Collection.

In this series, 9/11 Memorial & Museum staff photographer Jin S. Lee shares his view of select photographs taken on the site.