This type of conservation assesses conditions - like relative humidity, temperature and light - for better object care and storage to prevent any or further degradation.
#Relics of the tower new world archive
I also developed and managed an archive that recorded all of this data for easy sorting and tracking.ĭuring this project, I was an employee with Art Preservation Services, under the principal Steven Weintraub, who is a trained object conservator specializing in preventive conservation. Assessment included a re-inventory of artifacts, sizes, estimated weights, types of materials, photography, display and care recommendations. Early on in the project, my primary goal was to assess the complete collection of materials as well as quantify the requests. At least 10 countries, including China, Russia, England and Canada also received pieces of the World Trade Center or other relics from Ground Zero.Īmy Passiak, who served as an archivist and project manager for the artifact program, spoke to the NewsHour this week about her experiences with the project.Īs archivist, I oversaw the cataloging, storage, environmental conditions of the hangar, controlled access to the facility, and coordinated assignments and pickups and shipments of artifacts. New York (291), New Jersey (271) and California (65) received the largest number of artifacts. “The project has definitely created a network that will continue the memory of 9/11 through history.” - Amy Passiak, archivist Among the artifacts were 1,944 pieces of steel. Most of the requests came from the tri-state area and California, according to the Port Authority. Under the Port Authority program, which began in 2010 and ended last month, the items were given out to 1,585 fire and police departments, museums, municipalities and organizations in an effort to remember the nearly 3,000 people who died that day. Kennedy International Airport in New York, under the purview of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. More than 2,600 artifacts collected from the site were housed inside Hangar 17 at John F. Many of them now stand as memorials to 9/11.
11, 2001.įifteen years later, some of the rusted pieces of twisted steel, tattered emergency vehicles, signs, clothing and other relics, which numbered in the thousands, have been disseminated to all 50 states and to the far reaches of the world. They come in various forms and sizes, collected from the wreckage of the World Trade Center buildings in the months following the attacks of Sept.
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