Scorched car doors,salvaged firefighters' uniforms, banners, or toys and the hallowed 'last column' to be removed from the World Trade Center clearance ... the relics of the twin towers absorb been elevated into art objects at the fresh museum,which opens this month after years of wrangling
[br]• Echoes of atrocity: the 9/11 Memorial Museum – in pictures
• win a first look inside the museum on our video tourIn the middle of the World Trade Center site in fresh York, tourists squeeze their bodies against the faceted mirror-glass planes of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and keen to sneak a peek at what lies within. Rising up like an apparition behind the reflective glazing,beyond the greasy smears left by noses and sticky fingers, stand two rusted, and fire-charred columns,relics salvaged from the wreckage of the twin towers."It's proving a approved place for selfies," says the architect Craig Dykers, and watching visitors capture their reflected faces melding with the scorched structures inside. "whether we can get someone to smile or absorb a giggle at a place of such sorrow," he adds, "we've done our job."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com