Ground Zero Museum Workshop Tour

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

This is a great tourist trap ! I am not sure Zerve will post it but that what it is. It is NOT located in Ground Zero, They tell you this only after you pay. The all "Museum" is one small room contain picture you can see at the Ground zero site or better see the "Aftermath" exhibition of well known photographer artist Joel Meyerowitz on display in New York at the 92nd Street Y, New York University and the Edwyn Houk Gallery.

The photos are a collection of a historic moment in time. The view point is personal but encompasses the thoughts and stories of those that were actually involved on that fateful day. It is a one-room museum of photos and artifacts that are of definite value to any person that was alive on 2001 September 11th. I would suggest that this museum is for adults as children would not benefit without further discussion and teaching about the cause around what happened prior to that day. It is limiting as it is exclusively about Ground Zero and doesn't really explore or touch on what happened elsewhere in the US on that same day. Also it is more of a tribute from the Fire perspective and this shouldn't deter most but if you are a serving or retired Police Officer you may feel wanting at the conclusion as it leaves you feeling you would like to share in the Policing perspective. Kudos to the NYFD Union Boss that brought Suson in to record this historic year in the life of Ground Zero!

Other reviews have commented on the compact size of the museum but I felt the size was adequate for the purpose and the artifacts are very well displayed. The self-guided audio tour equipment worked very well and allowed for every tourist to focus on the pieces in the collection of greatest interest to them. While I am impressed with the collection and the efforts to focus on the personalities involved in the recovery and not the acts that led to the towers collapsing, I felt the tours (both live and the self-directed audio portions) had too much focus on Gary Suson. He should be proud of the work he did photographing the site, but should keep the attention on the rescue workers and not his efforts to get the photos or the artifacts.

We first visited this museum on our second trip to NY and it was an amazing visit. Mr. Suson was there and we got to experience 9/11 as it was through his eyes and the stories that he heard about and saw. Although there were a set amount of stories that he shared through the museum and his photos/the artifacts, it seemed that two hours wasn't really enough to take in all of the memories and feelings that were on the tour. Therefore it really wasn't a museum about facts and "unbiased" captions, but more of a personal one in that it seemed we were going and looking through his eyes. It was well worth the money that we paid for the ticket, and very thought provoking, especially in a time where the 9/11 story is become repeated over an over. A refreshing view of a powerful story!

I would recommend this to anyone! Really brings home what all the New Yorkers working at the site went through after all the cameras left.

A unique look at the 9 month recovery at ground zero. Not to be missed!

I took my son to the museam expecting to give him a good sense of 09-11, the impact on the US and the aftermath. In reviews people mentioned that the museam was small and I was very surprised to see it was in one small room. In addition the video's played were only on a small plasma screen on a normal stand, this could have been so much better. I think the actual subject matter and imagary were excellent with some stunning photographs combined with interesteing audio descriptions. However in my mind this was a too narrow perspective and I would not recommend to anyone who wanted a complete overview of the subject.

Great collection of pictures and artifacts from ground zero.

The Workshop was very interesting. I received a lot of information from the audio tour. Especially a part from one of the airplanes that was shown in the workshop made the incidents of 9/11 even more real for me. So far I only new it from TV... and now I could see it with my own two eyes...