New York’s 9/11 museum draws 10 million visitors

NEW YORK: New York’s museum dedicated to the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001 has drawn more than 10 million visitors in just over three years, staff said on Friday.

The museum, which opened on the World Trade Centre site in May 2014, averages 9,000 visitors a day, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum announced. The accompanying memorial in an outdoor public plaza has been visited by more than 33 million people since opening in September 2011, it added.

"Reaching this monumental milestone demonstrates the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s commitment to providing an educational and meaningful experience for thousands of people every day," said board chairman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Americans from all 50 US states have visited, together with people from more than 160 countries -- primarily Britain, Germany, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia.