Grasping for the Wind

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

Yesterday, we headed down to the Atlantic Civic Center to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. It was pretty cool (literally, they had a iceberg you could touch to see just how cold the ice was that night, I lasted - not that we were competing, mind you - the shortest amount of time, then Val, my mom, and my teenage younger brother - typical) and reading the stories was really interesting. I've never been a Titanic devotee (I hate the movie) but shipwrecks are fascinating no matter the period. This one was especially cool because it contained many interesting artifacts and stories from the various recovery expeditions that have taken place.

The most interesting thing was how personal they were able to make the stories, in fact, the entire exhibition was centered around the quotes and stories of the passengers, both before and after the disaster. And to make it really personal, it appears that when the exhibition goes to a particular city, it finds out what passengers on the Titanic hailed from that state and relate their stories of death or survival at the very end of the exhibition. Being a proud Georgian by choice (if not by birth) I was proud to read about Archibald Butt and his sacrifices. There were others as well.

Don't go if you are not willing to read a lot. There are not a great many artifacts, but all of them have stories that need to be read about.

I do wonder though how they mange to have several exhibitions going on in several places at once. I assume they must all be different. I mean we had the "Big Piece" at our exhibition, so the one in California certainly cannot have it.

Either way it was a neat experience and I recommend a visit. (However, remember that we got in half price on a homeschooling ticket so I got more bang for less buck.)

Posted by John on May 3, 2007 01:58 PM | Posted to Personal Journal
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