Visited the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site

On Monday 02Nov09, I visited the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site which is on 20 Vesey Street (At Church Street) in lower Manhattan, directly across the World Trade Center "Ground Zero" site and Saint Paul's Chapel. The "preview site" shows some of what the main memorial will house and be like once it is completed. The final 9/11 Memorial is expected to be completed on 9/11/2011.

There is no admission into the Museum. It is only one large room with different artifacts and information around the museum. The farside wall from the entrance is a screen with a video showing interviews of those who were at the World Trade Center on 9/11/01. In the center of the room holds a small scale model of the Memorial and its location in the final World Trade Center area.

Along the wall are images of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentegon. There are some samples of the artifacts which will be displayed in the final Memorial including a helmet use by one of the New York City firefighters during that day. Some screens are scattered around the room, with more information on the museum, images of more artifacts and related projects of remembering and learning from 9/11.

One part of the museum had a small sound room called "Share Your Story" in which visitors can sit down and for 3 minutes speak on what they were doing during the events of 9/11. I decided to record my feelings and what I did that day. It will be part of the memorial once it is openned.

I purchased some pins and magnets, they said the money goes to the Memorial fund. I also picked up some information on the Musuem and related causes.The small office which houses this 9/11 Memorial Preview Site had enough information and interaction to keep my attention on the final completion of the 9/11 Memorial.

http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Home

http://voicesofsept11.org/dev/index.php

http://makehistory.national911memorial.org/