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 September 11, 2001, Joe Quinn lost his older brother James Francis Quinn, an employee at the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, located in the North Tower.
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.
Independence Day was recognized on the 9/11 Memorial with two special remembrances: American flags were placed in the 2,983 names inscribed on the bronze parapets of the 9/11 Memorial, and Boy Scouts folded American flags that had been flown over the Memorial.
This young Marine was part of a drill team that recently performed at the 9/11 Memorial. Before the drill began, I noticed him at the parapets slowly tracing this name with his finger. He must have been very young on 9/11.
Time stands frozen on the dust-coated, battery-operated and water-resistant men's wristwatch. The glass watch face has some dried blood residue from its owner, Tom Canavan, who survived one of the most tragic days in New York City history.
During this year’s New York City Department of Education Chancellor’s Day, the 9/11 Memorial Museum offered educators a full-day professional development conference to help teach 9/11 to students.
Interpreting the Last Column: In this series, 9/11 Memorial & Museum exhibitions staff share the stories behind the markings and tributes placed on the Last Column.
The artifacts shared with visitors in the Museum’s In Memoriam gallery help tell the stories of the lives of 2,983 people killed in the attacks on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993.
The 9/11 Memorial hosted a special music program on Wednesday featuring staggered performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier,” known by musicians as “the WTC,” on four grand pianos placed at the four corners of the Memorial Plaza.
Michael Arad, the designer of the 9/11 Memorial, will oversee the creation of a memorial in remembrance of the nine victims of the June 2015 shooting massacre at AME Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
