National September 11 Memorial & Museum
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | |
|---|---|
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan | |
| General information | |
| Status | Open |
| Type | Memorial and museum |
| Location | 180 Greenwich Street, New York City, NY, 10007, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°42′42″N 74°0′49″W / 40.71167°N 74.01361°W |
| Construction started | March 13, 2006 |
| Opening | Memorial: September 11, 2011 (Dedication and victims' families) September 12, 2011 (Public)[1] Museum: May 15, 2014 (Dedication and victims' families)[2] May 21, 2014 (Public)[3] |
| Height | |
| Roof | Memorial: The footprints of the Twin Towers are underground. Museum: Pavilion is from 66 to 75 feet (20 to 23 m) high. |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Michael Arad of Handel Architects, Peter Walker and Partners (memorial and landscape design); Davis Brody Bond (museum); Snøhetta, AAI Architects, P.C.[4][5] (museum entrance pavilion) |
| Engineer | Jaros, Baum & Bolles (MEP) |
| Structural engineer | WSP Global BuroHappold Engineering (Museum) |
| Website | |
| www | |
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11 attacks in 2001 which killed 2,977 people, as well as the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing which killed six.[6] The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. It is operated by a non-profit institution whose mission is to raise funds to program and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site.
A memorial was planned in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and destruction of the World Trade Center for the victims and those involved in rescue and recovery operations.[7] The winner of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was Israeli-American architect Michael Arad of Handel Architects, a New York City and San Francisco–based firm. Arad worked with landscape-architecture firm Peter Walker and Partners on the design, creating a forest of swamp white oak trees with two square reflecting pools in the center marking where the Twin Towers stood.[8]
In August 2006, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began heavy construction on the memorial and museum.[9] The design is consistent with the original master plan by Daniel Libeskind, which called for the memorial to be 30 feet (9.1 m) below street level—originally 70 feet (21 m)—in a plaza, and was the only finalist to disregard Libeskind's requirement that the buildings overhang the footprints of the Twin Towers. The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation was renamed the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in 2007.[10]
A dedication ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attacks was held at the memorial on September 11, 2011, and it opened to the public the following day. The museum was dedicated on May 15, 2014, with remarks from Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama. Six days later, the museum opened to the public.
- ^ NY1 News (September 11, 2011). "Public Gets First Glimpse Of 9/11 Memorial". Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
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- ^ "The National 9/11 Memorial Museum Entry Pavilion". Architizer. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "A Place of Remembrance". National Geographic. 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 28, 2013). "In 9/11 Museum to Open Next Spring, Vastness and Serenity, and Awe and Grief". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Handwerker, Haim (November 20, 2007). "The politics of remembering Ground Zero". Haaretz – Israel News. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
- ^ Schuerman, Matthew (August 14, 2007). "Trade Center Memorial Name Changes, Gets Longer". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012.
- ^ Westfeldt, Amy (August 15, 2007). "9/11 memorial tour to stop in Charleston". The Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
Previously known as the World Trade Center Memorial, the memorial's official name is now the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. The memorial debuted a new logo and Internet address Tuesday.