Lower Manhattan’s 9/11 tribute museum is being forced to close its doors on Wednesday, the museum announced.
The museum will keep a presence online, but financial difficulties mean the doors of the Greenwich Street location will close. The COVID pandemic hit the museum hard. Jennifer Adams, co-founder and CEO of the 9/11 Tribute Museum, says, “Financial hardship, including lost revenue caused by the pandemic, prevents the museum from generating sufficient funding to continue to operate the physical museum.” Most of the museum’s collection will be moved to the New York State Museum in Albany. The museum is working to make sure everything is respectfully handled.
This tribute was founded by victims’ relatives when they decided to turn a former deli, just steps away from ground zero, into a focal point for the commemoration of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Lower Manhattan’s 9/11 tribute museum is being forced to close its doors on Wednesday, the museum announced.
The museum will keep a presence online, but financial difficulties mean the doors of the Greenwich Street location will close. The COVID pandemic hit the museum hard. Jennifer Adams, co-founder and CEO of the 9/11 Tribute Museum, says, “Financial hardship, including lost revenue caused by the pandemic, prevents the museum from generating sufficient funding to continue to operate the physical museum.”
Most of the museum’s collection will be moved to the New York State Museum in Albany. The museum is working to make sure everything is respectfully handled.
This tribute was founded by victims’ relatives when they decided to turn a former deli, just steps away from ground zero, into a focal point for the commemoration of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
