The Artifact Exhibition
This year will be the 100th anniversary of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the Titanic. Several events will take place to commemorate this anniversary like the re-release in 3-D of the 1997 Titanic movie and an auction of 5,000 artifacts.
The Grand Staircase
Another way to commemorate this event is to visit the Titanic, The Artifact Exhibition. We visited this exhibit when it was at the Discovery Times Square in New York City. I have seen many traveling exhibits that have come to the Discovery Times Square, and this by far is my favorite! When we entered the exhibit, we received a replica- boarding pass of an actual passenger aboard the Titanic. Then we traveled on the chronological journey of how the ship met its fate. Two of the things that are ingrained in my memory was touching the cold iceberg and seeing china perfectly stacked in sand in front of a picture that was taken on the bottom of the ocean floor. It was amazing that the dishes were perfectly stacked in the picture . The cabinets that eventually disintegrated had preserved them. At the end of the exhibit, we were able to look up the name of the passenger on our boarding pass on the Memorial Wall to discover whether they perished or survived.
My son had read Titanic by Anna Claybourne and Katie Daynes before we visited the exhibit in November of 2009. The exhibit brought the pages in the book alive for him and it was also an opportunity to learn about the human spirit in face of the tragedy from the stories throughout the exhibit.
This exhibit has been long gone from New York, but if you are lucky enough be in the area of one of the current or upcoming exhibits, I highly recommend this fabulous exhibit. The journey back to 1912 will allow you to connect with the passengers and crew through personal stories and you and your children will learn things you never knew about the” unsinkable” ship.
Current and Upcoming Exhibits in the United States.
Natural Science Center of Greensboro – The exhibit ends this coming Sunday, January 8th.
The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit – Opens March 2012.
San Diego Natural History Museum – Opens February 10th.
Union Station in Kansas City – Opens March 2012.
For International Exhibitions please go to www.rmstitanic.net/
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