Vintage View: Our fascination with the famous wreck of the Titanic
BRANSON MO NEWS: Kya deLongchamps explores our fascination with the famous wreck of all time in the number of museums dedicated to the RMS Titanic.Considering its slender log — no ship in history has travelled further. There are museums and exhibition galleries dedicated to the RMSTitanic all over the world from the shipbuilding quarter of Belfast to the flashing canyons of Las Vegas. The sinking remains the deadliest modern maritime disaster in a time of peace.The Titanic Museum is a unique landmark and major tourist attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The facade of the building resembles the world’s most famous luxury liner, RMS Titanic.In terms of historical detail and contextualising life in Edwardian Belfast and its renowned shipyards, the Titanic Experience, opened in 2012 simply cannot be beaten. Let’s face it, it may have been a long time coming, but for the Titanic story — its location, location, right there on thehallowed dock where the ship was born.The cool edifice of the museum designed by the late Eric Kuhn, is a legacy in itself. With its signature iceberg architecture and six floors of multi-media, Titanic Belfastretells the story of the White Star liner from its conception to its sinking on its maiden transatlantic voyage on April 15, 1912.The presence of SS Nomadic, the last of the White Star liners in the Hamilton dry dock is a moving inclusion, as this relatively modest vessel was a tender to the greater Titanic, and is the last surviving White Star line ship in the World. The museum does not display artefacts from the wreck site on ethical grounds.However, it does house many fascinating pieces associated with the characters of the ship and its time, including identical china that would have been used on board, a luncheon menu of passenger Ruth Dodge, (on its …
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