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.

ID Number
2019.0310.03
catalog number
2019.0310.03
accession number
2019.0310
ID Number
2019.0310.02
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2019.0310.02
accession number
2019.0310
ID Number
2019.0310.04
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2019.0310.04
accession number
2019.0310
ID Number
2019.0310.01
catalog number
2019.0310.01
accession number
2019.0310
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Gildan Activewear
ID Number
2007.0191.01
accession number
2007.0191
catalog number
2007.0191.01
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associated date
2001-09-11
ID Number
2015.0067.03
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2001-09-11
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2015.0067.02
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2001-09-11
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2015.0067.05
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date made
2001-09-11
ID Number
2016.0118.1
accession number
2016.0118
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2016.0118.1
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ID Number
2010.0066.03
catalog number
2010.0066.03
accession number
2010.0066
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date made
2003
ID Number
2016.0222.1
accession number
2016.0222
catalog number
2016.0222.1
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associated date
2001-09-11
maker
Salvation Army
ID Number
2015.0067.04
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associated date
2001-09-11
ID Number
2015.0067.06
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ID Number
2012.3069.01
nonaccession number
2012.3069
catalog number
2012.3069.01
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associated date
2001-09-11
ID Number
2015.0067.07
accession number
2015.0067
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2015.0067.07
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ID Number
2006.3057.02
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2006.3057
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2006.3057.02
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2006.3057.01
nonaccession number
2006.3057
catalog number
2006.3057.01
This uniform shirt was worn by security screener Terry Briggs at Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI).
Description
This uniform shirt was worn by security screener Terry Briggs at Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI). Terry Briggs joined TSA in March 2002 as one of the first three-hundred federal security screeners to be hired, trained, and deployed by the agency.
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user
Transportation Security Administration
ID Number
2011.0161.01
catalog number
2011.0161.01
accession number
2011.0161
Flight attendants are highly trained personnel. The In-flight manual serves as their bible, giving official instructions on how to handle any situation. Each flight attendant is required by the airline to carry a manual when onboard a flight.Currently not on view
Description
Flight attendants are highly trained personnel. The In-flight manual serves as their bible, giving official instructions on how to handle any situation. Each flight attendant is required by the airline to carry a manual when onboard a flight.
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ID Number
2003.0051.01
accession number
2003.0051
catalog number
2003.0051.01
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maker
Anvil
ID Number
2004.0269.05
accession number
2004.0269
catalog number
2004.0269.05
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Date made
1995
maker
Steelite
ID Number
2002.0239.01
Description: This grill scraper was used by kitchen worker Leocio Luis-Perguero at the Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center.Context: Innovation is part of all work.
Description
Description: This grill scraper was used by kitchen worker Leocio Luis-Perguero at the Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center.
Context: Innovation is part of all work. Wanting a better grease scraper, Leocio Luis-Perguero adapted a commercially available paint scraper to his job in the kitchen of the Windows on the World restaurant. On September 10 he had taken the scraper home to resharpen it. Windows on the World, located on the 107th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center, had a staff of about 450 workers. On the morning of September 11, over 70 people who were at work were trapped by the attack, and died when the building collapsed.
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Date made
1990s
maker
Hyde
ID Number
2002.0239.10
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Date made
1990s
maker
Comfo Classic
ID Number
2002.0019.05
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Date made
1999
ID Number
2005.0020.05
accession number
2005.0020
catalog number
2005.0020.05

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