New York Transit Museum

New York Transit Museum will develop and implement the "Bringing Back the City: Transportation First Responders" exhibition to show how New York City recovered following four recent crises: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the blackout of 2003, Hurricane Irene in 2011, and Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The exhibit will use interactive technology and multimedia displays to allow audiences to see and hear transit workers' stories describing their jobs during those four historic events, accompanied by transit equipment and samples of the specialized tools workers used to restore transportation services. This project will demonstrate to visitors how past disasters can inform future disaster response, how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is fundamental in transit jobs, and the critical role transit workers play in a city's recovery from disaster.