A damaged New York Fire Department truck is part of the collection of artifacts for the National September 11 Museum. The long-awaited museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks will open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials announced Monday, March 24.
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NEW YORK - A New York City museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks will open to the public May 21.
The opening will follow a May 15 ceremony and a six-day dedication period. Officials announced the dates Monday.
During the dedication period, the museum at the World Trade Center site will be open around the clock for 9/11 family members and rescue and recovery workers.
The museum's regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Admission will be $24 but waived on Tuesday nights.
Relatives of 9/11 victims, rescuers and children 6 and younger will be admitted for free.
Planners had originally hoped the museum could open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, but construction issues, funding disputes and Superstorm Sandy flooding contributed to the delay.
An American Airlines slipper is an artifact from the September 11, 2001, attacks that is to be part of the National September 11 Museum.
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Perimeter box columns from the World Trade Center were installed in the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum with a view toward the new 1 World Trade Center in New York. Recovered from the WTC site after Sept. 11, 2001, this structural steel called "tridents," rose from the base of the North Tower.
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A photographer takes a picture of steel column from the North Tower of the World Trade Center during a media tour of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum last September in New York. The long-awaited museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks will open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials announced Monday.
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Charlotte Newman, 8, visits the National September 11 Memorial and Museum last year. The long-awaited museum, in the background, will open to the public on May 21.
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A visitor to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum takes in the sight as he walks past the museum in New York.
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