Jan Ramirez

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A replica of a carpet designed to look like the island of Manhattan that once adorned the Windows of the World restaurant in the World Trade Center's north tower has been donated to the memorial museum.  Read more »

Chief Curator Jan Ramirez talks about a first responder vehicle recovered from the World Trade Center site. (file photo/Amy Dreher)

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia recently hosted a lecture with Jan Ramirez, the chief curator and director of collections for the 9/11 Memorial Museum.  Read more »

First responder patches adorn a wreath recently left at the trunk of the “Survivor Tree” at the 9/11 Memorial. (Amy Dreher photo)

Touching tributes left at the 9/11 Memorial honor loved ones.  Read more »

 The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will be rife with emotion. It will be a time to reflect, process, and learn from the events of the day. New Jersey educators plan to seize on this moment by educating their pupils with a 9/11 curriculum that is both probing and in-depth.With the lesson plans nearly complete, a group of the educators recently journeyed to the 9/11 Memorial to find a missing piece: collections from the 9/11 Museum.New Jersey teachers hope to enhance their materials with recorded survivors’ stories and artifacts,  Read more »