Titanic Museum, Belfast!

“This is one of the most well-thought-out Titanic museums in the world. It’s really quite phenomenal. It’s a magnificent, dramatic building; it’s the biggest Titanic exhibit in the world.” —James Cameron

Located at the very place where Titanic was designed, built and launched, Titanic Belfast tells the story of Titanic from her conception, through her construction and launch, to her maiden voyage and subsequent place in history. She sank in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at around 11:43 p.m. on Sunday, April 14,1912. Her sinking two hours and 40 minutes later at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, April 5, resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

Titanic Museum in Belfast opened in 2012 on the site of the abandoned shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built. A luxury steamship, she sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster.

The museum’s atrium is build to the height and angle of the Titanic’s prow

“Titanica” is a life-size figure in the form of a diving female. The sculpture takes its inspiration from the traditional female ship figureheads mounted on the prows of sailing ships. The figure represents hope and positivity. Cast in bronze, she weighs three-quarters of a ton.

Corner window of the atrium looks directly onto the dry dock where the Titanic was built

Museum atrium

Posted messages from the Titanic

Lifeboat

John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man in the world, was one of 1,500 passengers who died at sea when the Titanic sunk