New York City: 9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center

My family traveled to New York City in the summer of 2015.  One important stop on our list was to visit the 9/11 Memorial.  On our way to New York, we read a kid friendly book about what happened on 9/11.

The year after our visit, our favorite book series came out with What Were the Twin Towers.  Which is a much better option compared to what we found.

Here's our experience:

One World Observatory

Since we had already taken the kids on two other building tours, and we had a very busy schedule, just one of us went to the One World Observatory.

Toward the end of the night is the best option to hopefully avoid the crowds!

Views from the top!

Now on two the exterior portions of the memorial.
This outside memorial can be visited with no entry fee.

The white structure at the top left appeared to be something that was being built.

Now for the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

YAY!  Our CityPASS saved us some time in line!

Unlike many of our other stops, this location was very silent.
We could have spent days looking at all this memorial holds.
I am not going to share it all but here is a bit of what we saw.

Beams from a tower.

This was a fire truck.

Interactive portions.