Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
The exhibition, which has attracted millions as it has toured around the world, opens Saturday at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane. It takes visitors on a journey through the ship’s construction, depicts life on board for passengers of all class levels, and takes an extensive look at its sinking and subsequent efforts to recover artifacts.
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Titanic merchandise is available at the MAC for the the Titanic: Artifacts Exhibition.
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A replica of the Titanics boiler room is presented at the MAC’s Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.
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The $1 Silver Certificate was nicknamed the “Black Eagle” and a $5 Silver Certificate nicknamed “The Chief” are on display at the MAC’s Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.
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A realistic iceberg featuring frozen water is featured next to workers hanging an illustration of the sinking Titanic at the MAC.
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Soup spoons, china and other items are some of the items found in the Titanic debris field. The corrosion of metal secured the artifacts together.
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Composed by Edgar Seldon and Herbert Ingraham, sheet music for the song “All That I Ask of You is Love” is on display in front of a scene depicting final goodbyes on the Titanic.
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The bow of the Titanic.
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Built in Belfast, Ireland, Titanic was as tall as an 11-story building and nearly four city blocks long.
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RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, set sail from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. It made stops in France and Ireland before heading west to New York City. The night of April 14, the ship hit an iceberg. Within three hours, she had broken apart and sunk, claiming more than 1,500 lives.
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Exhibition attendees enter through a “porthole gallery,” featuring an actual porthole recovered from the ship as well as photographs of its passengers.
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The Titanic exhibition includes displays depicting the first-class accommodations on the doomed vessel.
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Visitors to ‘Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition’ each will receive a boarding pass, a replica of one given to an actual passenger on Titanic.
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