Titanic Artifact Exhibit

I went. I loved it. I developed a really strange fascination with the whole thing when I was about 7 (years before the movie came out) and have been a huge Titanic nerd ever since. I went with a friend who is also a big Titanic nerd, and we completely geeked out. It's so well done. It's a little expensive, but if you're really into that stuff, it's totally worth it, IMO.

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Hi, fellow Titanic loving friend.

Yes. We totally paid for a touristy photo, and it was awesome.

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It seems that this Titanic exhibit is very similar to the one at the Georgia Aquarium in ATL. I am in Titanic: The Musical and a few of us in the cast went down last week and checked out their exhibit. They had the passenger cards, recreated rooms, and lots of authentic artifacts from the ocean floor. It was very interesting.

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I LOVED the exhibit! I'm also a big Titanic nerd, I ended up acting as a sort of tour guide regarding survivors and other stories to other people at the exhibit. They'd hear me mention something to my dad and ask me more questions.

I also loved the gift shop. One of the artifacts on display is a souvenir-size toothpaste container and the card said that, due to the small size and the number that was recovered, they believe this was a complimentary toiletry item left in the rooms by the White Star Line. I mentioned to my dad how cool it would be to own one of those and that someone should recreate it to sell. When we got to the gift shop, they had it! So naturally, I had to get one.

I said the same thing when we saw the White Star Line blanket left on the steerage bunks, and they had those for sale, too! I am fully expecting a steerage blanket for Christmas. :)

Also, I snuck a couple photos when the museum staff wasn't looking. It's really a great exhibit and I absolutely loved it.

Oh, and if you use the code METRO (in addition to a few other discount codes out there), you get $4 off the admission price.

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I thought about going to this yesterday instead of 9 to 5. I really would like to check it out.

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Sounds just like the one I saw years ago in Los Angeles. It was excellent.

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I'm going in a few weeks, and am SO excited. I've been a Titanic fan for about 20 years now, and this is the first exhibition I'm seeing. I did the NYC Titanic walking tour over 10 years ago, which was also great.

Souvenirs from places like this always border on tacky/inappropriate...much like the Pope lollipops that are on sale at the Vatican, lol. For me, at least, buying something like the White Star blanket would just commemorate the exhibit, even if it is a little cheesy.

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>>"We saw it in Vegas & the cards we got indicate both survived."<<<


Sad. Terribly sad.

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the Pope lollipops that are on sale at the Vatican, lol

I'm sorry, I laughed.

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Various dates up on Goldstar for $13.28.

http://www.goldstar.com/events/29544.html

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I was a young girl in second class. I survived.

My dad was Benjamin Guggenheim. The instant he read it, I said, "Aww, you die! Sorry! But at least you went down like a gentleman!"

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