Has Anyone Been To The 9/11 Museum?

Went there a couple months ago. Indeed, a very powerful and moving museum. A must see for anyone visiting NYC.

The estimated wait time was about 3 hours last time I went.

Good advice.

I was there a couple months ago. I was by myself and could've spent 5+ hours in there easily. The museum has a way of bringing you up and down throughout each exhibit. I have several pictures of the "outside" exhibits. I only wish I could've grabbed a few on the inside.

Like I said, I basically breezed through the Al-Quada part and still was in the museum for 4 hours.

Very heavy emotions throughout some parts. The scrap of paper that was framed on the wall about people stuck on a floor was the straw that broke my back, so to speak. I watched almost every thing they offered.

As Bluefin stated, my mind weighed very heavy when I left.

I went with my Dad last April and it was very powerful. We had to hit up the Blind Tiger Beer Bar for a while afterward.

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I highly recommend it to anyone that goes to New York

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I live here, and I lived here during 9/11. I doubt I will ever go to that museum.

Yes. Spent probably 3-4 hours on a rainy morning there. Walking into, what I think was the main exhibit hall, and seeing the giant steel beam was very moving. Listening to the phone calls was also moving. A lot of good information and exhibits there.

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I live here, and I lived here during 9/11. I doubt I will ever go to that museum.

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My wife and I went to ground zero when we were there a couple years ago. No way was I going through the museum. I know all I need to know about 9/11. Walking by the firehouses and reading the plaques was more than enough.

I've posted this here on the OT before but I was 13 in 2001 in late August when my family vacationed to NY for the second of 3 times and this time we did the WTC then 2 weeks later... boom... one of the only times I ever saw my dad cry and I remember that day with insane detail.

We went back in 2003, and saw the excavation and the huge hole.

I went solo in December 2016 to see a friend and to get some closure for it all and also I didn't want anyone to see me get super emotional. I knew I would. Had my museum ticket for pretty early to beat the crowd and to get it over with honestly.

So I get there and touched the 2 pool/ fountains with the names on it and traced a few names with my hand and I lost it. I'm not much of a crier but that got me good before I stepped foot in the museum.

I'll admit I breezed through the museum. About an hour was all I could take. Bless you all who can handle several hours inside.

I don't normally do things like this but I stepped into a recording booth thing there to tell this story as eloquently as I could... They have these playing throughout the museum, so maybe you'll hear my story while you're there.

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Do you exit through the gift shop? Do they have Twin Tower fidget spinners by chance?

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Normally I love a good laugh as much as the next guy, but honestly, this isn't the thread for the typical OT BS.

I'd seen the news coverage, heard the stories, never cried.
I sat in that museum, heard the voices of people who lost their loved ones as they told their stories, saw the faces, the debris, and sobbed like a child.