When you first went in you were given a card with the name of a person that sailed on the Titanic and some information about them. You were to look for information on this person as you went through the museum. It was set up like you were going through the ship from 3rd class to 1st class. They had so many artifacts that were recovered from the ship. We took two or more hours to go through because it was so interesting to read all the information. They built the grand staircase which was beautiful and was very cool that you went up one side and later came down the other side. They also have weddings on the staircase.
There was a frozen iceberg that you could touch and water that was at the 29 degrees so you could feel what it was like for the people in the water. I have to tell you that we could not keep our hands in it for more then about 30 seconds. It was freezing and your hand started to hurt. It sure made you think, I can tell you I would not have made it for very long in that water.
They had three mini decks built to show you how steep the deck was as it was sinking. I made it up the first one, it was hard but I made it up the second, the third when the ship was almost standing straight up, I didn't make it. There was also an interactive area for kids. At the end there was this very large wall with all the names of the survivors and the names of the folks that did not make it. My person did make it, but Greg's person did not. They did not allow any pictures at all inside the museum.
They did not tell you at the Museum, but did you know that in Halifax, Canada there is a cemetery where some of the bodies are buried. Halifax was the town that went out to recover bodies. Since not all the families could afford to have the bodies brought back home they were buried there. Greg and I stumbled upon this on one of our cruise tours in Canada. They actually put the headstones in the shape of the bow of the ship. Some neat places to check out on vacation.
Till next time....
Love,
Jennifer
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