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'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition' Offers Historic Looks At Doomed Ship (2 Jul 09, The Star-Ledger, New Jersey, USA)
Of the 350 artifacts from the Titanic now on display at the new Discovery Times Square Exposition, the smallest items are the most touching and heartrending. Powder jars and perfume bottles. Pocket watches and shaving brushes. Stick pins and tie clasps. Handwritten letters, glasses and a booklet advertising Captain Collings & Sons hernia treatment. The booklet cover shows a sailor at the wheel of a ship and these words: I'll Steer You Straight.

Relics From The Deep And The Dawn Of Man (25 June 09, New York Times, United States)
The 12,000-square-foot Titanic exhibition, in fact, is quite satisfying. Its survey is amplified with panels telling something about those who, by the accident of circumstance, found themselves on this ship, and then survived or perished. It is astonishing to see how well preserved certain pieces of paper are, nearly a century after the sinking, because they were protected by tanned leather wallets or cases. A stock certificate for a Coney Island amusement ride is here. So are stamps, postcards and samples of paper currency.

Minnesota Science Museum's Titanic vs. Michael Bay's Transformers (25 June 09, Examiner.com - USA)
The Minnesota Science Museum has a Titanic exhibit running through to Jan 3 and it is well worth exploring if you prefer something a little more sedate and of course educational. The exhibit is definitely interesting: Titanic still draws immense interest from people all over the world as it remains the world's greatest maritime disaster. There is so much of a human story to the tragedy: foolishness, like the lookout's binoculars being lost during the voyage, intense sadness like the rescue ship Carpathia being referred to as the "ship of widows," and of course the tremendous bravery.

Titanic's 'Little Sister' May Miss Anniversary Refit Date (24 June 09, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)
The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today. The charitable trust responsible for refitting the derelict SS Nomadic, known as Titanic’s ‘little sister’, is also struggling to meet a fundraising target of £5m by this autumn — having received less than £1.4m by the start of the year.

Titanic Aquatic At The Georgia Aquarium Achieves New Milestone (17 June 09, Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA)
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. today announced its blockbuster attraction, Titanic Aquatic at the Georgia Aquarium, has been seen by more than 250,000 visitors since opening in August 2008. The wildly successful attraction is the first limited-run Exhibition at the Georgia Aquarium, and will be available to new and returning Aquarium visitors until its extended-run scheduled closing date of September 7, 2009.

Funeral For Last Titanic Survivor (16 June 09, BBC News - UK)
A private service, attended by family and friends, took place in Southampton on Tuesday. Miss Dean died on 31 May at the care home in Netley Marsh, near Southampton, where she lived. She was the youngest passenger onboard the Titanic when it sank and was saved along with her mother Georgetta, and two-year-old brother Bert.

Ocalan Went To Great Lengths To Secure Titanic Passenger's Signature (15 June 09, Ocala - Ocala,FL,USA)
Of all the personalities on the cloth, from Hank Aaron to Zig Ziglar, Walter Light Jr. said he found Dean the most captivating. Light had adopted Dean as his "cousin" years ago, after seeking a survivor of the Titanic to sign the tablecloth, which his mother Olga "Joy" Light began in 1929 as a promotion for the family's St. Louis, Mo., movie theatre.

Forgotten Titanic Hero Who Saved His Family (15 June 09, The Voice - UK)
Haitian Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is not mentioned among the 1912 press descriptions of the Titanic disaster, but he is the only black man who was aboard the luxury ship when it hit an iceberg and went down on April 15, 1912, killing 1,500 passengers. Laroche’s existence on the Titanic was re-discovered in 2000. Researchers also show that Laroche‘s intriguing life story reveals he died on board the Titanic after saving his pregnant white French wife, Juliette, and two mixed-race daughters - a loving sacrifice which reminds of the heroism of the character played by Leonardo di Caprio in the hit film, Titanic.

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Opens June 12 At Science Museum of Minnesota (11 June 09, KARE - Minneapolis,MN,US)
It's an artifact from the bottom of the ocean that helps explain why the famous ship went down. And it's part of the Science Museum's Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which opens Friday, June 12, to the public. "You actually get to see the way the rivets were put in to hold those hull plates together," said Mike Day, a senior vice president at the Science Museum. "The original popular theory was that the steel on the hull plates was brittle, and so it shattered when it hit the iceberg. But the more popular theory now is that the rivets that held those plates together were actually made from an inferior iron," Day said.
 
Titanic Fans Want Belfast Memorial To Be Relocated (5 June 09, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)
The Belfast Titanic Society has hit out at plans for the Belfast wheel to remain at its current location because it obscures a memorial to the victims of the sea disaster. Currently the big wheel structure sits around and on top of the memorial — at the side of the city hall — which was built to remember the Belfast people who were lost in the Titanic disaster of 1912.

Air France Black Box Seeking Sub Is Titanic Veteran (5 June 09, Bloomberg - USA)
The mini-submarine France is sending to search for the black boxes of the Air France Airbus plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean has scooped up silverware from the Titanic and plugged holes in a sunken oil tanker. The eight-meter long Nautile and its sister submarine, the Victor 6000, are on their way to the crash zone aboard the oceanographic research ship Pourquoi Pas?, or “Why Not?” They are due to arrive in the search area around June 12.

Visitors 'Board' The Titanic (5 June 09, Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA)
The exhibit includes photographs and more than 50 pieces from the ocean liner that sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, 2 hours and 40 minutes after hitting an iceberg. Tonya Calvert, a third-grade teacher from C.B. Smith Primary School in Pekin, said she had taught the unit to her students who were thrilled to see the exhibit. "We had actually planned a trip to Lakeview Museum today and when we heard the Titanic museum was open the same day, we called and they allowed us to go through it first before they opened it to the public," Calvert said.

Author Tells Of Meeting With Last Titanic Survivor (5 June 09, Dorset Echo - UK)
A Dorset author today told of his meeting with the last survivor of the Titanic just before she died. Roger Hardingham, of Osmington Mills, met with Millvina Dean, 97, two weeks ago after finishing her biography and was planning a dinner event with her as the guest of honour. He said: “I had great respect for her because she was dignified about it all and she realised in the end how important it was that she was the final survivor. “She had hundreds of letters every month from people all over the world and they were from people who genuinely cared about her.

Last Titanic Survivor, Millvina Dean, Will Be Missed By Springfield-Based Titanic Historical Society (2 June 09, The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA)
Millvina Dean kept a low profile about her connection to one of the world's most well known disasters until she was urged into the media spotlight by the Indian Orchard-based Titanic Historical Society. And, the society returned her goodwill, contributing to her care before her death on Sunday in England. "And now they are all gone - the last human touch," said society president Edward S. Kamuda, echoing remarks made by fellow society member, the Rev. George Demass of Oswego, N.Y. "She provided people with an opportunity to meet a Titanic survivor."

Falmouth Reveals More Titanic Memorabilia (1 June 09, Falmouth Penryn Packet - Falmouth,UK)
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been lent two more fascinating artefacts with a Cornish connection. Local historian and author Ernie Warmington has come forward with a Christmas card and memorial postcard. The Christmas card was sent to Lulu Drew, the widow of James Drew, originally from Constantine. Lulu and James had emigrated to America in 1896 and in 1912 they returned to Cornwall to visit family. For their return journey to America they travelled on Titanic, and their cabin was next to that of Emily Richards of Newlyn. Remarkably descendants of Emily Richards have also lent items to the Museum for the exhibition.