Ground Zero Museum Workshop

We enjoyed it very much. The pictures and the stories with them put a face to what happened. It made it more then just a story on the news. We will remember what happen and what the people did for each other. The pictures were very good. You could get a feel of what the were doing, and how much emotion was running thru them at that time. The tour was good, but we felt like we could have been given the headphones and walked around on our own. We did not know that you had to go at the time of a tour. We had walked over to the museum at 11:00am (that is when the sign said it opened). Then we had to call and make reservations for a tour later that day.

The Ground Zero Museum is a tough place to be...but important and valuable. The space is small and personal. The photos and items available to see...and in some cases, touch...will give you a firsthand sense of what happened, the power of the collapse of the Twin Towers, the incredible loss, and the healing process. The experience is an emotional one. Gary Suson was the official photographer for the Ground Zero recovery efforts. It is clear that he undertook that role with a great deal of honor and integrity. The small sanctuary he has created in NYC is well worth two hours of your day.

The photos are beautiful and the provided commentary added depth to the experience. It was both an emotional and educational experience.

I treasure the time I spent in the Ground Zero Museum. I could have stayed another hour listening to the voices telling of their impressions on that day in 2001. I come from a family with three firefighters as close relatives so it was especially memorable to me. Your heart went out to the families just the same as when we watched it on TV on 9/11/01. Tears running down our faces that day and many, many more days as the stories of the dead surfaced. Some of the "behind the scenes" stories we will never forget. All those families that lost a mother or a father that horrible day. This was my first visit to New York. I am so happy one from our group encouraged us to buy tickets in advance for the Ground Zero Museum. I hadn't planned on doing much shopping in New York but was bound & determined what shopping I did would be items purchased at your location. Later that day someone in Battery Park noticed I was carrying a Ground Zero Museum shopping bag & commented on it. I will happily tell anyone I know going to New York that they will not regret a visit to Ground Zero Museum.

This is a MUST see on your trip to New York!! The museum is small and intimate. There is alot of information shared, from the photographer that captured emotion, 7 devistation. You even get to touch a few peices of steel made as a cross that was given to all the family members that lost a loved one on 9/11 It's emotional so bring tissues!!!

well organized and moving

Being from the central midwest, I am definitely not used to large cities and congested roads and walkways. As a "country bumpkin", I felt humbled and reverent in the walls of the museum. I fluctuated back and forth on whether I wanted to even go to see Ground Zero and this museum. I had seen so much on television and still couldn't believe that our USA was actually attacked. I guess the biggest thing I felt after going through the information and DVD introduction was that I had paid my respects to the many people who had paid with their lives and those that had worked so diligently trying to save and recover them.

I think we were expecting to see many more pictures and many larger pictures. They take you into this room not larger than the average livingroom - diningroom combination and have you take a seat facing a 42" TV screen and you watch a movie from a CNN TV broadcast about the owner of the studio who took the pictures. Because of the people sitting in front of you, you can't even see the screen without shifting to look between people. The audio descriptions of the individual pictures was good. I don't know how this museum got so many rave reviews on Trip Advisor.

such a small place, with such a huge impact!!! must see...

It was a very moving & emotional experience, especially being a member of the world-wide fire family. The museum setting provided a very peaceful, serene & healing environment. The pictures & artifacts truly captured the heartfelt emotions while honoring & respecting all involved. I enjoyed the individual hand-held devices to be able to set your own pace. Thank you for preserving such an important part of our history.

I read about this little museum on tripadvisor.com. A friend and I were visiting NYC and decided to come. They limit the tour to 20 - we had 12 at the 11am Saturday tour. It's a large room filled with pictures taken and items recovered from the World Trade Center site by the only official photographer of the FDNY. Your tour guide gives you some information, then you watch a video narrated by Gary Suton. You are given headsets that allow you to roam the room and listen to the information or stories by pressing in the appropriate number that is tagged to each piece. I think the actual pieces found intrigued me more than the pictures. A business card, a box of matches from Top of the World, a shoe (could have come from one of the stores). A clock with its time stopped at 10:02:14 - the exact time one of the towers fell. Our tour guide was knowledgable and excellent. (She doesn't actually tour you around the room - you do that yourself.) Her commentary was moving and it was easy to become emotional. It's pretty somber - but I'm glad I went. It was very interesting. Just don't come expecting some large involved tour and rooms of stuff. It's an intimate look at his work. They only show approx. 60 people a day. You are allowed to take pictures of every exhibit - except one. I hear that Gary (the photographer who took the pictures and put the museum together) is sometimes there. I'd go back to talk to him.

The museum is a very tastefully and delicately prepared memorial to the tragic acts of 911.

It is realy worth to visit this museum, it is something special, we didn't expect museum like you would came back home......and there are realy interesting stories about people, humanity and life after 09/11/2001.....

This is a fantastic opportunity to experience as close as you can get to the tragedy and loss of life that occurred on 9/11. It was extremely moving, everyone in the group was touched in some way and many shed a few tears. The intimate stories told by Gary provided a personal touch to the individuals involved not only the lives lost but the huge team of people involved in post 9/11.

I was very apprehensive about attending this workshop. I had many questions as to why I should attend. At first it seemed morbid to me and also seemed that I was giving the terrorists the publicity the were looking for. But I later realized when I attended that we are there to support the families and to never forget the people who were lost in this tragedy and the heoric people who didn't give a second thought to assisting at Ground Zero.This intimate workshop let me review the archives and pictures on my own. Even though other people were in the room with me the headphones let me hear and see what I wanted. I felt as if the author was talking directly to me.