FORT WORTH, Texas, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly two years after the
shocking terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, Americans continue to connect to the
events of September 11. The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
Service presents "September 11: Bearing Witness to History," a commemorative
exhibition that encourages visitors to reflect on the specific events of that
horrific day and contemplate the significance of experiencing an historic
event as it unfolds.
"September 11" will make the first stop on its national traveling tour at
the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth, Texas. The
exhibition will open September 11, 2003, and run through January 4, 2004.
More than 1 million people visited the "September 11" exhibit in the
11 months it was on view at the National Museum of American History. The
traveling version closely follows the original exhibition by bringing together
objects, images and personal stories that help recall this historic day and
its impact on our nation. Photographs and moving images capture moments from
the attack, and visitors confront powerful artifacts including twisted steel
from the World Trade Center, damaged items from the Pentagon, memorials from
the crash site in Pennsylvania, clothing worn by survivors, and objects used
by rescue workers and public officials.
The collection also includes several everyday items that have now taken on
extraordinary significance because of their association with the attacks. One
of the exhibited objects is a filing cabinet from a Ben & Jerry's ice cream
shop in the World Trade Center's shopping concourse. The crushed and twisted
metal holds file folders in its mangled form.
In December 2001, Congress named the Smithsonian's National Museum of
American History the nation's official repository for artifacts pertaining to
the September 11 terrorist attacks. The museum brought samples of these
artifacts together in a temporary exhibition, which opened September 11, 2002
in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 2003, Congress allotted funding to the
Smithsonian to circulate this exhibition to audiences across the nation.
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located at 1501 Montgomery
Street in the Cultural District. Admittance to the "September 11" exhibition
is included with exhibit admission: $7 for adults, $5 for children (5-12) and
seniors (60+). For information, call 888-255-9300 or
http://www.fortworthmuseum.org . The Web site for "September 11" is available at
http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11 .
SOURCE Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
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