Security Screening

All visitors and baggage are subject to security screening. Please limit the amount of items that you bring with you. No baggage larger than 8”x17”x19” will be permitted onto the Memorial. Bag storage is unavailable. Baggage will be scanned by x-ray machines and may be opened and checked by hand.

All visitors will pass through magnetometers. Alternative screening techniques, including hand-wanding and pat-down inspections, are also available.

The following are prohibited:
Alcohol
Animals (except service animals)
Demonstrations of any kind
Glass bottles
Littering
Paint
Recreational wheeled vehicles
Smoking
Soliciting or leafleting
Third-party commercial activities
Weapons and explosives

For the complete 9/11 Memorial Visitor Rules and Regulations please visit here.

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