NYC Fire Museum

The New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan will open its doors on Wednesday, just two days before the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

The Spring St. museum has been closed since March 18, when the coronavirus pandemic kicked in high gear. While guests will be able to see the exhibits, especially the museum’s 9/11 exhibit, traditional events memorializing the terror attacks will be held virtually, executive director Gary Urbanowicz said.

“(The memorial events) can’t be opened to the public,” Urbanowicz explained. “They can’t be done under COVID-19 compliance rules. But we will do a video which we will post on our social-media outlets.”

Each year, the museum holds a wreath-laying ceremony at a black marble memorial that has the names and images of 343 FDNY members and three retired members who died during the World Trade Center attack. Other items in the museum include a section of an FDNY fire truck destroyed in the collapse of the Twin Towers, a bent halligan tool — which helps firefighters gain entry through a locked door — and other fire equipment recovered from Ground Zero.

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