Featuring over 10,000 on-site artifacts, the 9/11 Memorial Museum in the U.S. opens on the 15th

▲ The U.S. 9/11 Museum opens on May 15 (Photo / Screenshot fromNational September 11 Memorial & Museum’s official fan page)

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The 9/11 Memorial Museum, which took eight years to prepare, officially opened on the 15th. The museum houses over 10,000 artifacts from the 9/11 site, 20,000 images, 1,970 hours of oral history, and 500 hours of video footage. For the first six days after opening, the museum will be open 24 hours a day but only accessible to 9/11 survivors, families of victims, rescue workers, and residents of Lower Manhattan. It will open to the public from the 21st onward, with admission priced at $24 (approximately NT$720). U.S. President Barack Obama will personally attend the opening ceremony on the 15th.

▲ Interior of the 9/11 Museum (Photo / Screenshot fromNational September 11 Memorial& Museum’s official fan page)

The 9/11 Museum campus is located beneath the original site of the World Trade Center in New York, extending seven stories underground. The 9/11 Museum and the memorial plaza above it cost a total of $700 million to build, with $250 million provided by the federal government and the majority funded through private donations. The preparation involved up to 35,000 personnel.

The 9/11 attacks occurred on September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked two passenger planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, causing severe casualties.