Memorial Exhibition Archive

Commemorating the lives of those who perished on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, the Memorial Exhibition will provide visitors with the opportunity to learn about the men, women and children who became a part of history because of where they happened to be on those fateful days.

Visitors will enter along a corridor in which nearly 3,000 photographs form a "Wall of Faces" - photographs of the victims with their names listed beneath each - through which the scale of loss will be conveyed with immediacy and power. Nearby, interactive tables will offer additional information about each person, including photos, recollections by family and friends, artifacts, and the location of individual names on the Memorial pools.

Turning away from the "Wall of Faces," visitors will enter a separate room where profiles of individual victims will be presented in a dignified sequence, through photographs, biographical information, and audio recordings, inviting us to bear witness. Detailed information such as age, place of birth, rank and title will be included, creating moving portraits of each individual. It is our hope that all visitors to the Museum will leave the Memorial Exhibition with heightened respect for who these people were, and a recognition of our shared humanity and our shared loss.

The Memorial Exhibition will rely on material contributed by you. With your permission, contributions will become part of the Museum's permanent collection and will actively support our exhibition and educational efforts in perpetuity.

Please follow the links below to learn more about our collecting efforts and to find out how you and your family may contribute materials and memories to the Museum.