Ground Zero Museum Workshop Tour

We both enjoyed the museum and workshop. The reason it is called a workshop is because you can touch some of the objects found in ground zero. This made the events on 9/11 more real and put a personal touch to each individual killed that day.

With so much emphasis on the actual attack, this exhibit gave visitors a chance to grieve and relate to the aftermath. Complete with photos, videos, audio and artifacts from this tragic day in history, this is truly New York's biggest little museum!

For starters, I would like to start off by saying , the tour guides were very nice and professional. They explained thoroughly what we were to see, hear, and expect among the two hours of the stay. Even though the physical space is small, there was plenty of information to see, and hear through the state of the art audio tour. It put me personally back in the time period of September 2001. At times it made me emotional which was to expect. Just seeing the pieces of rubble, parts of the building and personal belongings that were gathered from the site just put me in another state of mind of tranquility, anger, and then saddness form all that happened that day. I LOVE the pictorial book that I purchased. It really explains the reality of what the photographer went through for the period of time that he and the firefighters/police/ EMT'S delt with this unbelievable tragedy. Thank you very much for the memory. There is not a day that goes by that I could forget what happened on that day. "I will never forget". And now, I have a new memory to remember daily! Darrin Smith

I was in NY for a show and was looking for something to do on the second day. Decided to book this tour after reading many positive reviews online. The museum is very small and is not what you would normally expect. It is scheduled for two hours but you can be done in as little as an hour or so. If you have the time I would recommend taking the opportunity. It is located in a nice area with other things to do. If you don't mind walking it is about 30 blocks from Times Square south.

As Gary Suson said in his introduction, don't be fooled by the small size of the venue. It gives a small insight into what the rescue workers had to go through in their efforts. It was very sad to hear the stories of the firefighters searching, often unsucessfully, for their sons and brothers.

Gary and team thank you for such a better understanding of what really went on the hours and days after the attack on our country. Not living it every day, I truly had no idea how emotional it was hour after hour and day after day. Thank you for all your dedication, passion and love you created with this great museum to share with the rest of the world and those of us who our proud to wear the red, white and blue, "The Iowa Gang".

For nonUS citizens, provides detailed information about the impact of Sep 11th. In my opinion too much focused in firemen stories

Not sure about this museum, it felt a little too voyeuristic and them making a fast buck. Plus also trying to pull on your heart strings too much, the piece of airplane given to a widow seemed unnecessary (or perhaps it was the way the guide said it) The main good thing was that some proceeds made go to 9/11 charities. However I would not recommend it is worth a visit. (Although it may heal people who were directly affected by the atrocity)

Upon entering the workshop's space, you think "this is really small, how am I going to spend 90 minutes here?" This thought soon dissipates as you realize you are in a small space which encompasses the enormous heartbreak of the 2,700 plus victims' families. You further realize that their pain is compounded by the sorrow seen in the faces of the FDNY recovery workers. This is an intimate place for you to see, hear, touch and feel a fraction of the profound agony thru Gary Suson's magnificent photographs and interactive workshop. The space which the Ground Zero Museum Workshop occupies is similar to a human heart, small in size, but rich in the love, sadness, loss, tears and memories that it holds on to. May none of us ever forget 9/11, the victims, their families and all of the brave recovery workers.

I highly recommend this tour! My husband and I truly enjoy this museum and were the last two people to leave. This museum shows you everything you need to know about the 911 clean up and what all our brave men and women went through during 2001 - 2002.