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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.