In Their Honor: 25 Years of 9/11-Inspired Service

Date coming soon 9/11 Memorial & Museum September 11, 2001

This historical exhibition presents the story of 9/11 using artifacts, images, first-person testimony, and archival audio and video recordings. The exhibition is made up of three parts: the Events of the Day, as they unfolded; Before 9/11, which provides the historical context leading up to the attacks; and After 9/11, which addresses the immediate aftermath and ongoing repercussions of the terrorist attacks.

Date coming soon 9/11 Memorial & Museum In Memoriam

The memorial exhibition honors the 2,977 individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at this site as well as at the Pentagon and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It also honors the six individuals killed in the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993.

Date coming soon 9/11 Memorial & Museum Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally

Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally is installed in the Museum’s North Tower Excavation. In the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York–based photographer Joe McNally captured people who reported to Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the attacks to aid in rescue, recovery, and relief efforts.

February 2025-July 2026 9/11 Memorial & Museum Drawing Meaning: Trauma and Children's Art After 9/11

Drawing Meaning: Trauma and Children’s Art After 9/11 examines how young artists from around the world used art to heal themselves and others as they expressed complex thoughts and feelings about the attacks.

April 2023-January 2025 9/11 Memorial & Museum Towers Rising

Opened on the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the original World Trade Center, this special exhibition at the 9/11 Memorial Museum featured artwork from the permanent collection. The works chronicle the ways artists envisioned the most iconic towers of lower Manhattan before and after 9/11.

January 2020-March 2023 9/11 Memorial & Museum K-9 Courage

K-9 Courage , in the Museum’s South Tower Gallery, honored the hundreds of dogs that participated in the response to the 9/11 attacks.