Titanic

On Saturday, April 14, Rose and I went to the Titanic Exhibit, which is on the slipways where the Titanic was built. It is in the Titanic Quarter, which is across the river. The hostel that Rose and I stayed at was in the southern part of Belfast, and the Titanic Quarter is in the northern part. We scarfed down breakfast in the morning and scurried across town to make it to our 9 am tour!

The bronze woman who is set at the entrance to Titanic Belfast was sculpted by Rowan Gillespie and is named Titanica. It is meant to represent hope and positivity.

The building cost £77 million pounds to create, has five stories and stands 126 meters high, the same height as Titanic's hull. The exhibit was £9 and is self-guided.

The Titanic building contains nine interactive exhibitions, including Boomtown Belfast, The Shipyard, The Launch, The Fit-Out, The Maiden Voyage, The Sinking, The Aftermath, Myths & Legends and Titanic Beneath. 

This exhibit, which started on a wall and spilled out to a floor you could walk over, held blueprints of each of the rooms on the ship.

My family used to own the Titanic soundtrack, but sadly we lost it. Whenever I think of that scene in the movie Titanic, where you first see Rose and her big hat, and her fiance and her mother get out of the buggy and marvel at the ship, this song comes on. It gives me goosebumps!

This is a third class bedroom on the Titanic.

A second class bedroom.

A first class bedroom.

This was the last photograph taken of the Titanic. It was taken by Frank Browne at 1:55 pm on April 11, 1912 in Queenstown.

I really enjoyed the Titanic Exhibit and would recommend anyone in Belfast to visit the museum (but book tickets online and book them for early in the day!).