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ENTERTAINMENT
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
Nation's museums observe Sept.11
NEW YORK — A building swallowed by flames, sketched in a child's hand. Keys coated in dust and ash. Soot-stained, tear-eyed rescue workers digging through rubble.
The Associated Press
These are among the images and objects on display at museums around the country and overseas as the art world marks the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
About 150 museums are participating in "Celebrate America's Freedoms: A Day of Remembrance," a project designed to unite communities. Many museums are holding concerts, readings and vigils. Most are offering free admission Wednesday and staying open late, hoping their galleries might serve as a quiet space for reflection.
"Art museums are places in which human expression communicates across cultures and continents," said Anne d'Harnoncourt, director of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "We're inviting as many visitors as possible to find solace and inspiration by experiencing the healing power of art."
But nowhere is the impact of Sept. 11 more strongly felt than in New York City, where museums became a much-needed refuge in the aftermath of the attacks.
"As the nation — and the world move from loss to recovery, mankind's greatest artistic achievements continue to serve as symbols of strength and sources of hope," said Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which opened its doors to anyone seeking solace in the weeks following the terrorist assault.
The Met is remembering the tragedy with musical performances and a daylong series of poetry readings. There also will be a display of two chalkboards from Sept. 11 on which firefighters dispatched to the World Trade Center signed out that day. Scrawled on the boards are the names of nine
firefighters who were killed.
"After 9-11, we found ourselves playing new roles as places for civic engagement," said spokeswoman Sarah Henry. "Museums were a place to connect again, be with people again, affirm the things that are human and that were in a way attacked."
Elsewhere, museums are responding to the "American's Freedoms" theme, proposed at the American Association of Museums conference earlier this year.
The Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pa., will open "Emblems of Liberty: 19th Century Firemen's Hats," a collection of firefighters' parade hats from the Old Philadelphia Volunteer Fire Department.
"Museums generally are memory places, and I think museums across the country perceived that we had a responsibility to serve in that capacity. ... We certainly wanted to ...provide some thought about the longevity of the values we take for granted as Americans," said curator Cory Amsler.
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7 Haze pollution
11 Definite article
14 First match
15 Garr of "Tootsie"
16 OPEC product
17 Italian cheese
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20 "Gagney & Lacey" co-star
21 Foolish
22 Building wings
23 Short sleep
24 Seattle pros, casually
27 Minute aquatic organism
29 Prepared to play
30 Put in sitches
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32 "I Know How He Feels" singer
33 Deadlock
36 Study of fermentation
39 Took seats
40 Writer O'Brien
42 Psychic's gift
43 Moray
45 Danger signal
47 Apparitions
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52 Attention getter
53 Wry face
54 Atwood novel
56 "__ Shelter;"
Rolling Stones hi
57 Maxim
59 Work-shoe protection
60 Ignited
61 Severn tributary
62 Wacko
63 Sun's fall
64 Not as much
65 Trawled
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19 Veteran sailor
21 Young dog
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24 Concept
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28 Vote for
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49 Merciful
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