The National September 11 Collection

The collections we present on this site represent a work in progress. Early collections embody the best efforts of staff across the National Museum of American History to document and preserve a wide range of stories about September 11. Recent collecting efforts have integrated a more collaborative community-based approach to find underrepresented and unknown stories. Each object, as material evidence of the attacks and their immediate aftermath, is a piece of a large and complex story. The collections will grow as we gain historical perspective and a greater understanding of the events of September 11.

 

La Colección Nacional 11 de Septiembre

La colección que presentamos en este sitio es una obra en progreso. Las primeras recopilaciones plasman los mejores esfuerzos del personal del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana por documentar y preservar una amplia gama de relatos acerca del 11 de septiembre. Los esfuerzos de colección recientes han integrado un enfoque más colaborativo, de base comunitaria, en busca de historias desconocidas o poco representadas. Cada objeto, como evidencia material de los ataques y su secuela inmediata, es un pedazo de una historia larga y compleja. Las colecciones crecerán a medida que ampliemos la perspectiva histórica y la comprensión de los eventos.

Currently not on view
Location
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Date made
1999
ID Number
2004.0299.02
accession number
2004.0299
catalog number
2004.0299.02
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Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1996
ID Number
2005.0020.04
accession number
2005.0020
catalog number
2005.0020.04
This material from Jerry Henson, Pentagon survivor, includes his tie, trousers, and ID badge.Currently not on view
Description
This material from Jerry Henson, Pentagon survivor, includes his tie, trousers, and ID badge.
Location
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ID Number
2002.0296.03
accession number
2002.0296
catalog number
2002.0296.03
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Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1997
ID Number
2004.0299.03
accession number
2004.0299
catalog number
2004.0299.03
Description: This identification card was carried by Lt.
Description
Description: This identification card was carried by Lt. Robert Cirri, a Port Authority Police officer, who died in the World Trade Center attack.
Context: After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Port Authority Police Department officers from around New York City rushed to the scene to aid in the evacuation. They directed the building tenants to safe exit routes and began to search the building for people in need of help.
Rober Cirri and four fellow Officers, Chief James Romito, Capt. Kathy Mazza, officers James Parham, Stephen Huczko, and Paul Laszczynski, were killed in the collapse of the north tower as they carried a woman, incapable of using the stairs, in an evacuation chair. The Port Authority Police Department lost thirty-seven officers in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Location
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ID Number
2002.0404.01
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Location
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ID Number
2004.0203.03
accession number
2004.0203
catalog number
2004.0203.03
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1987
user
Mazza, Kathy
maker
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
ID Number
2003.0145.01
accession number
2003.0145
catalog number
2003.0145.01

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