[BITList] Titanic museum to celebrate disaster's centenary

Wed Mar 14 09:55:27 GMT 2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114391/Titanic-museum-celebrate-disasters-centenary-descendants-victims-survivors-aboard-half-size-replica-doomed-ship.html
A day to remember: Titanic museum to celebrate disaster's centenary with descendants of victims and survivors aboard half-size replica of doomed ship

By Graham Smith

PUBLISHED: 15:31 GMT, 13 March 2012 | UPDATED: 15:43 GMT, 13 March 2012

The world's largest Titanic museum will mark the centenary of the ship's sinking by welcoming descendants of survivors and victims.

The ceremony on April 14 - exactly 100 years after the world's most famous passenger liner collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sunk - will include a symbolic re-enactment of the launching of the ship's distress flares.

A memorial flame will also be lit to commemorate the 1,517 passengers and crew who perished during the fateful voyage in 1912.

Anniversary: The Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, will mark the centenary of the ship's sinking next month by hosting descendants of survivors and victims

Tourist attraction: The museum, which also has a twin in Brandon, Missouri, features a half-size replica of the doomed ship and the fateful iceberg

Scaled down: A visitor takes a close look at the 26ft-long model film director James Cameron used in his 1997 movie Titanic

The Titanic Museum has two identical sites - one at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and the other at Branson, Missouri - and each boasts two separate half-size scale replicas of the famous ship's front bow.

Entitled A Night To Remember, after Walter Lord's 1955 book about the tragedy and its subsequent 1958 film adaptation, the anniversary will be played out on the 100ft-high replicas at both sites.

Both sites have 30ft-tall reproductions of the infamous iceberg too.

John Joslyn, co-owner of the dual museum, said: 'There will be ceremonies across the globe to commemorate the Titanic centennial on April 14, but the only place in the United States where guests can attend a formal tribute is at one of the Titanic Museum Attractions.
'We wanted to provide an opportunity for people to be more than passive witnesses to the anniversary.

'A Night To Remember gives the audience a chance to actually be a part of the historic event and part of the community dedicated to preserving Titanic’s legacy.'

Detailed: A facsimile of the famous Grand Staircase in the Titanic's first class section

Tribute: The museum's Memorial Wall is etched with the names of all 2,208 passengers and crew who sailed on RMS Titanic in 1912

How the other half lived: A look inside a replica third-class cabin (left) and the museum's half-sized Titanic celebrates a previous anniversary (right)

The 30,000 square foot museums opened in April 2010 and have attracted over seven million visitors.

Museum co-owner Mary Kellogg-Joslyn said: 'This museum is not a thrill ride or Hollywood style museum. It is an interactive experience that brings in all elements of the famous and tragic Titanic story for families to experience.

'We have a first class cabin parlour recreating the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio drew Kate Winslet's portrait in James Cameron's film. People instantly recognise that..

In addition to the interactive features are three lengths of decking which simulate the differing angles that the ship slipped to as it sunk beneath the waves.

Ms Kellogg-Joslyn added: 'We hope people enjoy this attraction and remember that even though the Titanic never made it here to America it still fascinates.'

Elegant: A look inside a first-class suite recreated from original architect's drawings and famously featured in James Cameron's 1997 film

Children play on two of the museum's three lengths of decking which simulate the differing angles that the ship slipped to as it sunk beneath the waves

Real thing: RMS Titanic departs the port of Southampton on her maiden, and only, voyage in 1912

Wreck: The bow of the Titanic lies on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland

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