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The place behind the visit.
Two pools, a museum at bedrock and the names of 2,983 people offer ways to understand the history of this site.
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The World Trade Center site
The Memorial and Museum stand where the Twin Towers stood, and remember the 2,983 people killed on 11 September 2001 and on 26 February 1993.
In February 2004 the World Trade Center site was deemed eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, long before the usual 50 years had passed.
Reflecting Absence
Michael Arad and Peter Walker’s design places two pools within the footprints of the towers, with the names of the victims on bronze parapets around them.
The Memorial was dedicated on 11 September 2011.
A museum at bedrock
The museum, opened in May 2014, descends to the foundations of the World Trade Center, where the slurry wall and the Last Column are on view.
This history belongs to the people who lost their lives and to those who remember them. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected dates.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: About the Museum
- Wikipedia: National September 11 Memorial & Museum
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: Visit the Museum
Links lead to the original publishers.
