The MEMO Blog

Reservations are now open for Spring 2022 virtual field trips! Led by Education staff, these tours allow students to explore the Memorial & Museum no matter where in the world they are. Thanks to public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City classes may participate free of charge. 

Fifth-graders in Texas sent us a very special care package after learning about September 11 and its ongoing impact. Their teacher Emily Gardner spoke to us about the importance of this lesson, both historically and emotionally. 

We look back on the very special crystal ball that came to define the 2001 New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, and which is now part of the Museum's collection. 

The third guest post by collector Michael Ragsdale, who focuses on New York City event-specific ephemera from the period following September 11, features the brochure from the 2002 Rockefeller Center exhibit "Faces of Ground Zero." 

We continue our series of guest posts by collector Michael Ragsdale, who focuses on New York City event-specific ephemera from the period following September 11. In this second installment, Ragsdale shares the story behind an autographed flyer for a talk given by Carl Hammerschlag, MD. 

Windows on the World menus from Christmases past offer perspective this holiday season, the same way the legendary restaurant did with its views. 

We kick off a series of guest posts by collector Michael Ragsdale, who focuses on New York City event-specific ephemera from the period following September 11. In our first installment, Ragsdale highlights a videotape autographed by David Halberstam. 

Newly announced: our 5K Walk/Run is back in-person this year! It'll take place on Sunday, April 24, so save the date and stay tuned for registration details. 

No matter what happens on the football field, the 131-year-old rivalry between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen will always have sportsmanship, teamwork, and camaraderie at its core. 

Following September 11, the artist and photographer Jonathan C. Hyman set out to document the country's vernacular artistic response to the attacks. For the next 10+ years, he took thousands of pictures of tributes painted on public and private property in Maine, Florida, Illinois, and all points in between. Now, on the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we speak with Hyman and spotlight a few of the photos that thematically tie the World War II tragedy to 9/11.