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NEW YORK (AP) — A small museum dedicated to preserving the memory of the September 11 attacks near New York's World Trade Center will close after Wednesday.
The 9/11 Tribute Museum, which opened in 2006, offers tours led by volunteers who lost family members in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or are related in some way. I was. It is confused with the much larger 9/11 museum, which opened in 2014 near the memorial pool where the Twin Towers stood.
"Economic hardships, including lost revenue due to the pandemic, prevent us from generating sufficient funds to keep our physical museums operating," said 9/11. Co-Founder and CEO Jennifer Adams said. The Tribute Museum said in a statement: She said the Tribute Museum will maintain an online presence to provide educational resources and support to the 9/11 community.
Most of the 9/11 artefact collection has been moved to the New York State Museum in Albany, she said Adams. The 9/11 Families Association, a nonprofit organization that founded the Tribute Museum, works with donors to ensure that relics are treated as property, she said.
