Gopnik compares the World Trade Centre Memorial to others regarding security. He says that the security at the memorial centre is far much better than any other monument in the city. The police and the scanning at the gate are very intense. The police officers are deployed in the compound. It is only in the World Trade Centre Memorial that a police advises children not to step on the benches (Adam, 2). The buildings in the memorial are also better than other monuments in the city, and there is the absence of any conventional patriotic imagery.
Gopnik ideas about the museum are that the foundation is necessary and goes hand in hand with the memorial. The museum has managed to gather the materials that are stored in it are worth saving, and people are allowed to view the materials. However, he contradicts the imagery at the entrance of the museum. He also thinks that the institution does not teach people about the incident effectively (Adam, 4).
My opinion regarding the museum and the shop is that the museum is very necessary for people to see the items that took part in the 9/11 incidence. The museum should connect to the memorial because they both handles the 9/11 ordeal. A shop was constructed to handle the gifts that people bring to the dead at the memorial park. Leaving the tip near the names of the dead was not a good idea hence the construction of the gift shop.
The pictures on the wall toward the entrance should represent the actual suffering of the victim of 9/11. However, the images should not tend to glorify the terrorist. The memorial should be a clear picture of pain that the individuals went through. Handbills should be incorporated into the building and left to move.
Work Cited
Adam Gopnik, “Stones and Bones: Visiting the 9/11 Memorial Museum,” New Yorker, July 7, 2014, 38–44
