Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

Titanic carried 2,228 passengers and crew, but only had capacity for 1,178 on board its lifeboats.

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A porthole from one of Titanic’s first-class cabins.

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This bronze cherub is thought to have been displayed on the First class Grand Staircase on the Titanic’s A deck.

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Every visitor receives a replica a Titanic boarding pass, which gives them access to more than 14,000 square feet of exhibits and artifacts.

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The Titanic, before it set sail from Southampton on April 10, 1912.

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Many wine bottles and other glass objects sat for 80 years on the ocean floor before being recovered.

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When they enter the exhibit, each visitor is given the name of a real Titanic passenger on their boarding pass. At the end, there is a Memorial Wall where attendees can learn the fate of their passenger.

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The crew of the RMS Carpathia, which heard the Titanic’s distress call and helped save hundreds of passengers.

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These au gratin dishes are among the perfectly preserved items on display.

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Room recreation of a first-class cabin.

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Room recreation of a third-class cabin.

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Visitors can touch a wall of ice to test how long they can withstand contact to freezing temperatures. (Living in Minnesota helps, of course.)

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