9/11 Memorial & Museum Tickets: Prices & What’s Included

Before buying anything, it helps to know that the World Trade Center site is really two places. The outdoor Memorial — the twin reflecting pools, the inscribed names, the Survivor Tree — is free and open to the public every day. The Museum, which sits underground and documents the events of September 11, 2001 and the earlier 1993 bombing, requires a timed-entry ticket. Every price on this page refers to Museum admission; the Memorial itself never requires payment.

This guide sets out the full 2026 price list, where to buy tickets, what a ticket does and doesn’t include, and the free Monday program.

Memorial vs. Museum: What Your Ticket Actually Covers

It’s worth repeating because it’s the single most common point of confusion for first-time visitors: the Memorial and the Museum are distinct, and only one of them costs money. The Memorial is the outdoor plaza of reflecting pools, names, and trees, dedicated as a place of remembrance and open to anyone at no charge. The Museum is the ticketed exhibition space beneath the plaza, holding artifacts, recorded testimony, and the physical remains of the original towers’ foundations. If your only goal is to visit the pools and read the names, you don’t need a ticket at all. Our guide to the Memorial versus the Museum covers the difference in more depth.

Museum Ticket Prices

Prices are set by the Museum and can change; confirm the current figures on the official site before you book. A basic entry ticket is the standard route for most visitors — see our entry ticket guide for what a standalone admission includes.

Where to Buy Tickets

You can buy Museum tickets two ways: directly through the official site (911memorial.org / visit.911memorial.org), or through a reseller such as Tiqets or GetYourGuide. Buying direct from the official site gets you the standard admission price with no markup. Resellers typically charge a modest premium in exchange for added convenience — instant confirmation, flexible date changes on some products, or a bundled guided tour led by a trained educator, such as our guided tour option. Neither route changes what the ticket admits you to; the choice comes down to whether you want the lowest price or the added flexibility a reseller offers.

Whichever way you book, admission is by timed entry, so you’ll select a specific date and arrival window rather than an open-ended pass.

What’s Included With a Museum Ticket

A standard Museum ticket covers entry to the underground exhibitions: the historical exhibition documenting the day’s events, the memorial exhibition honoring those killed, and Foundation Hall, which holds the Last Column and a section of the original slurry wall. It does not include the outdoor Memorial plaza, because that space is free and separate — you can walk onto the plaza with or without a Museum ticket. It also does not include One World Observatory, the observation deck atop One World Trade Center, which is a wholly separate attraction sometimes bundled into combination tickets, such as our Museum and Observatory combination guide.

Free Mondays

The Museum releases a limited number of free timed tickets for Mondays, made available online each Monday morning on a first-come, first-served basis. These tickets go quickly, so plan to book as soon as they become available if a free Museum visit matters to you, and note that last entry on these days tends to be earlier than usual, in the late afternoon. Free Monday tickets are separate from the standing free-admission categories — veterans, 9/11 family members, and rescue and recovery workers — which apply every day the Museum is open. Our guide to free versus paid access sets out both programs in full.

Family Passes

For groups visiting together, the Museum offers a family pass bundling two adult and two youth admissions, priced at roughly $106–$125 depending on the exact combination of ages. A family pass can work out less expensive than buying separate adult, youth, and child tickets individually, so it’s worth comparing the total against individual pricing before you book, particularly if your group includes teenagers who would otherwise pay the young-adult rate.