The NY on-site 911 Museum is finally going to re-open Friday after six months of closure due to The Virus. I read that it will not charge admission on Tuesdays. Hours are 5 to 8 p.m.
Normally the ticket costs are
adult - $26+
age 7 to 12 $15
ages 13 to 17 are charged $20
seniors pay $20.
You can walk past it any day of the week no charge. As yet anyhow. We're in The Big Apple, you know. When it opened in '04 or '06 it was a great deal more expensive - something like $40 apiece - souvenirs and mementos extra. And I can only whimper softly at their prices. For the hell of it Google NY 911 Museum store. If it's like I imagine, you may well be as outraged as I am at the crass commerciality.
Conversely, the monument for those who died in Pennsylvania is a great deal simpler. As it is a property of the National Park Service admission appears to be free because I couldn't find a list of them.
It is open from 9 to 5 on Sundays and Saturdays.
Most recently a 93 ft. tall carillon has been added. Every 5 to 10 feet is a windchime, each with it's own, individual chime sound. All of them face North, away from the crash site to ring out over the fields and hills as each person who died was an individual. This really appeals to me. The honoring of the individuality; not the brash crass commerciality of the 911 Museum in Manhattan.
Souvenir or not, God bless them all.
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