About Us
Overview
Courtesy of Curtis Quinn
Left to right: PA Executive Director Kenneth Ringler, NY Gov. George Pataki, NYS Speaker Sheldon Silver, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Tribute's Lee Ielpi, Jen Adams and Lynn Tierney cut the ribbon to open Tribute on 9/6/06
Courtesy of Meri Lobel
Experience the Stories of September 11th
Person to Person History: Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers visitors to the World Trade Center site deeply moving gallery experiences and meaningful walking tours on the 9/11 Memorial.
Mission
Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers visitors to the World Trade Center site a place where they can connect with people from the September 11th community. Through walking tours, exhibits and programs, the Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers "Person to Person History," linking visitors who want to understand and appreciate these historic events with those who experienced them.
History
The Tribute Center embodies the need to gather at the World
Trade Center site, connect with the people, places and events of February
26, 1993 and September 11, 2001, and reflect. Tribute WTC Visitor Center
is a project of the September 11th Families' Association, a 501(C)3 non-profit
corporation. The Tribute WTC Visitor Center expands upon the September
11th Families' Association mission to unite and support victims
of terrorism by incorporating the entire 9/11 community - families,
survivors, residents, rescue workers and volunteers affected by 9/11/01.
The Center creates a central place for information about 9/11 at the WTC
site. Visitors learn factual information about the events on September
11th, the identity of 2,973 people killed in the attacks, the unprecedented
rescue and recovery operations and the tremendous spirit of support and
generosity that arose after the attacks.
Program components provide sensitive reception and hospitality to men,
women and children from all over the world who will receive guidance,
friendship, and the opportunity to carry with them a significant memory
for the rest of their lives. The educational program depicts to visitors
a core curriculum through the gallery space, lectures, multimedia displays
and guided walks around the World Trade Center site. The Tribute WTC Center
is working in collaboration with the National September 11th Memorial
and Museum at the World Trade Center to evaluate visitation.
The Tribute Center serves to welcome over 500,000 visitors to Lower Manhattan
annually. Currently, there is no where for them to learn constructively
or to seek information about September 11, 2001 in proximity to the WTC
site. The Tribute Center offers 6,000 square feet of exhibit and educational
meeting space for visitors in one of downtown's historic buildings
at 120 Liberty Street. The Tribute WTC Center is located next to FDNY
firehouse 10/10 and across from the World Trade Center site.
More about the Creation of the Tribute Center
