Past Public Programs

Welcome to the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s Public Programs Archive, where you can explore past programs and learn more about the continuing impact of 9/11 on the world today.

Three men and a woman take part in a moderated discussion on stage at the Museum. The woman is speaking, second from the left, as the three men listen. The black silhouettes of audience members are in the foreground.
Photo by Monika Graff

Search and Filter Public Programs

Public Programs Results

  • A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

    The 9/11 attacks prompted significant changes in the FBI’s counterterrorism operations in the U.S. and around the world. FBI Director Christopher Wray reflects on the Bureau’s ever-evolving fight...

    Monday, October 2, 2017
    A man stands at a podium and addresses an unseen audience.

  • The Latest in the Middle East with Bernard Haykel

    Middle East expert Bernard Haykel returns to the 9/11 Memorial Museum to disentangle the latest turns in the region. From upheaval in the Saudi royal family, to the shifting alliances in Syria and the...

    Thursday, September 28, 2017
    Two men speak on a blue-lit auditorium stage. The heads of the audience members appear in silhouette in the foreground.

  • Come From Away

    Come From Away is an award-winning musical that tells the story of those 7,000 stranded passengers and the people who welcomed them.

    Monday, September 18, 2017
    People behind the award-winning new musical “Come From Away” take part in the public program, Come From Away. They include a woman who is holding a microphone and speaking while looking towards the audience. Two men and a woman sit next to her as she speaks.

  • From the Civil War to 9/11: America Confronts Mass Death

    Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust discusses her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, in which she chronicled the impact of mass death on American society.

    Wednesday, June 7, 2017
    A woman in a green suit jacket speaks with her hands directed at a male moderator, who listens thoughtfully. The heads of audience members appear in silhouette in the foreground.

  • Terror and Memory in Norway: The July 22 Attacks

    Historian Tor Einar Fagerland and architect Atle Aas discuss the work of creating two memorial sites that commemorate the July 22, 2011 terrorist attack in Olso and on nearby Utøya island.

    Wednesday, May 24, 2017
    Two men sit with crossed legs on a blue-lit auditorium stage during a 9/11 Memorial Museum public program.

  • When The Towers Fell

    Rosebud Ben-Oni, Noel Quiñones, and Alice Quinn are joined by Stuyvesant High School scholars to reflect on the 15 years that have passed since the 2001 attacks, through poetry and conversation.

    Tuesday, May 16, 2017
    Four people sit on a blue-lit auditorium stage during a public program.

  • The Horse Soliders

    America’s initial military response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks involved a handful of American Special Operations forces secretly sent into Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Tuesday, May 2, 2017
    Former special forces commanders Maj. Mark Nutsch and retired Master Sgt. Scott Neil speak onstage as they take part in the public program, The Horse Soldiers.

  • On Faith and Friendship in an Age of Extremism

    Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and Samar Kaukab, executive director of Arete at the University of Chicago, discuss how religion and religious leaders...

    Wednesday, April 26, 2017
    alt text

  • Covering Catastrophe: Reporting on 9/11

    On 9/11, local journalists suddenly found themselves on the front lines, covering a catastrophe with global and historical significance.

    Thursday, November 17, 2016
    NY1 anchor Kristen Shaughnessy, New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman, and Associated Press reporter Deepti Hajela are seen seated onstage at the Museum Auditorium. Haberman is speaking and gesturing as the other participants listen on. Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs is to their right, listening and holding a clipboard.

  • Peter Bergen: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists

    New York Times author and CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen discusses his latest book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.

    Tuesday, November 15, 2016
    New York Times best-selling author and CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen sits next to Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs, as he speaks onstage at the Museum Auditorium. The heads of several audience members are silhouetted in the foreground.

  • The Architecture of Remembrance

    The principal architects of the 9/11 Memorial, the Flight 93 National Memorial, and the Pentagon Memorial, reflect on the relationship between architecture and more.

    Thursday, October 13, 2016
    Handel Architects LLP partner Michael Arad speaks onstage as he takes part in the public program, The Architecture of Remembrance. Paul Murdoch Architects President Paul Murdoch and KBAS partner Julie Beckman are seated to his left listening on.