Mission

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. Respecting this site made sacred through loss, the Memorial and Museum remembers and honors the nearly 3,000 victims of these attacks and all those who risked their lives to save others. It recognizes the thousands who survived and all who manifested extraordinary compassion in the wake of the attacks, and demonstrates the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its impact on communities.