Ground Zero Museum Workshop

Before you visit the 9/11 Memorial Pools & Museum at Ground Zero, come experience the Ground Zero Museum Workshop Tour and see what it was like to be on the front lines with FDNY firefighters after the 9/11 attacks. Experience the "Recovery Period" at Ground Zero through the lens of Gary Marlon Suson, the official photographer at Ground Zero for the Uniformed Firefighter's Association. Mr. Suson, an FDNY Honorary Battalion Chief spent 7 months documenting every area and aspect of Ground Zero and has recorded the detailed stories behind images featured on CNN, FOX, BBC, and the New York Times in 4 languages (Spanish, Italian, French and English). Mr. Suson authored the Barnes & Noble Book "Requiem: Images of Ground Zero." The tour earned Trip Advisor's "Certificate of Excellence" Award in 2013 and 2014 for being a 5-Star rated NYC Tour.

Our goal is to help you experience what it was like to work at Ground Zero and take part in the daily dramas that unfolded. Education promotes healing. Our Museum does not show graphic footage of the airplanes that morning nor anything that would make anyone relive the horrors of September 11. We are in essence, a kid-friendly museum that has captivated the attention of visitors as young as four years old, who listen carefully to all 100 audio stories. We are a gentle segue for young and old alike to come and learn about the inner workings at the WTC that took place just after the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Showing details of the morning of September 11 has never been our mission. Rather, we show a side to 9/11 that the public and media didn’t have access to : "The Recovery," a 9-month period with the goal of locating the missing amidst a 100-foot-deep cavern of dirt, steel, and twisted metal.

In 2013 and 2014, we were very honored to win "Traveler's Choice" Awards from the millions of members of the Trip Advisor review community. Having a 5-star review average from the tourism community is a testament that we have been able to accomplish our educational goals and affect our visitors in a positive way. Furthermore, being included in Trip Advisor's "Top 25 Museums in the USA" list for 2013 and 2014 was indeed an honor. As one of only three New York City Museums to make this coveted list, which included the Frick and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we were motivated even more as a result to continue our mission to educate the public. In 2015, we were very honored to be included in Trip Advisor’s “Hall of Fame”—a rare award given to a Museum with a 5-Star rating on Trip Advisor for five years straight.