A couple of weekends ago, our friends Robert and Becky invited us to go to the Titanic Artifact Exhibition at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. It was really crowded that day since it was the beginning weekend of Spring Break for this area. When Becky got online that morning to order our tickets the first available for 4 tickets was 4:00pm! We went ahead and went and I'm glad we did.
The exhibit contained artifacts of the Titanic - dishes, hardware, some clothing - and replicas of a third class room and a hallway. Most of the exhibit, though, was photos and displays of explanations you read that gave you history of what was going on at that time. The "powers that be" came across as a little too arrogant. The sinking of the ship really didn't have to happen.
When you surrender your admission ticket for entrance into the exhibit, you are given a boarding pass of an actual Titanic passenger.
On the back of the boarding pass is the description of that person.
My person was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and traveled in first class with her husband and two servants. They were returning from a business (for the husband) trip to London and Paris where she bought furniture for a new home and a trousseau for their daughter. She did not survive.
Between going to this exhibit and knowing the cruise ship we were on in October was the same one that was adrift in the gulf for a week in February, I don't think I'll be going on a cruise any time soon.
~Nancy~
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