February 5th through May 5th, 2002 An exhibition by The Skyscraper Museum at The New-York Historical Society website.

This tribute to the Twin Towers examined the history of the complex in its conception, design, and construction from the 1960s through the mid-1970s -- and its destruction on the morning of 9/11. Curated by Carol Willis, the director of The Skyscraper Museum, the exhibition WTC emphasized the monumental scale of the Twin Towers and explored their place in the postwar transformations of Lower Manhattan.

In the summer of 2001, The Skyscraper Museum decided to collect material on the planning, design, construction, and operation of the World Trade Center. To initiate this project, we organized a series of lectures for the fall that would bring together key members of the teams that created the Twin Towers more than three decades ago. The programs were scheduled for October in the Horizon Suite of Windows on the World in Tower 1. This exhibition evolved from that tragically postponed project.

The mission of The Skyscraper Museum is to display and interpret stories of highrise buildings and their urban environment. In the months after 9/11, we hastened to gather a range of artifacts to pay tribute to the towers, to illustrate their monumental scale, and to represent the diverse material the museum plans to collect. Most came from private hands, either companies or individuals.

Many deserve thanks for help in mounting this exhibit.