The National September 11 Memorial Museum
Now: The museum’s design plan and initial construction were both completed in the first quarter of this year.
Coming: The underground museum will house photos, videos and artifacts that tell the history of the attacks, the rescue and the aftermath. Some of the artifacts are so large the museum literally has to be built around them. Highlights include the “Survivors’ Staircase” (which hundreds of people
used to escape the North Tower), the “Tridents” (two 70-foot, 90-ton pillars that endured the attacks) and the “Ground Zero Cross” (two steel beams that survived in the form of a cross).
When: Scheduled for completion by the second quarter of 2013, the museum is far ahead of schedule. The Port Authority is pushing for a Sept. 11, 2012, opening.
Lower Manhattan Development Corp.