Tower of Voices

Tower of Voices in a meadow of yellow tickseed.

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Location:

Near the entrance of Flight 93 National Memorial

Significance:

The only wind chime tower like it in the world. Contains one chime for each passenger and crew member. Chimes are activated by the wind.

Amenities

3 listed

Benches/Seating, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV

The Tower of Voices is a monumental, ninety-three foot tall musical instrument holding forty wind chimes, representing the forty passengers and crew members. It is intended to be a landmark feature near the memorial entrance, visible from US Route 30/Lincoln Highway. The Tower of Voices provides a living memorial in sound to remember the forty through the symbolic voices as the wind blows.

There are no other chime structures like the Tower of Voices in the world. The shape and orientation of the tower are designed to optimize air flow through the tower walls. The chime system is designed using music theory to identify a mathmematically developed range of frequencies needed to produce musical notes.

Duration:

3 minutes, 18 seconds

A 93-foot-tall structure with 40 individual windchimes.