July 10, 2024
After our two-part tour of Belfast, we decided to squeeze in a quick trip to the Titanic Museum. We only had an hour before it closed, but we had already been to the Titanic Museum and the Titanic Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, so we thought it would be okay to zip through.
The recovery effort after the sinking of the Titanic was based in Halifax, and that is where 150 of the recovered bodies from the ship were buried.
Belfast is where the ship was built, and the museum there focuses on the ship's construction as well as on the disaster.
The heart of the museum is this large room surrounded by and audio-visual extravaganza.
A pathway leads visitors through the museum displays, and our first stop was to learn about the building of the ship, especially about its enormous size and its surprising power.
A scale model is on display.
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