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Titanic Artifacts on Display at Discovery Park

Titanic Artifacts on Display at Discovery Park
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By WestKyStar Staff
Jan. 31, 2015 | UNION CITY, TN
By WestKyStar Staff Jan. 31, 2015 | 01:46 PM | UNION CITY, TN
"Titanic: the Artifact Exhibition" is on display at Discovery Park of America in Union City until May 2nd.  The exhibition stars more than 200 actual objects recovered from the ship’s wreck site.

Along with dramatic room recreations and in-depth research of the ship’s passengers and crew, every aspect of the ship’s brief history is included in the exhibition; from its conception and construction, to its encounter with the iceberg.      

Each guest will receive a boarding pass with the name of an actual passenger who was on the Titanic.  The pass will tell where the person traveled from and where they were going, whether the passenger stayed in a 1st, 2nd or 3rd class cabin, why the passenger was traveling and other interesting facts about the passenger.  Guests will learn about the difference in treatment of 1st and 3rd class passengers, and details like the cost of a first class ticket.  (The two most luxurious suites were located on B deck and were a staggering $4,500 dollars; approximately $103,000 today!)     

At the end of the tour, each visitor will see if the passenger’s name on their boarding pass was on the list of survivors, or the list of those who did not survive.  

According to CEO Jim Rippy, Discovery Park plans to have one or two traveling exhibits each year.  “When we built Discovery Center, we built a special 4,000 square foot room just for traveling exhibits”.  The room was built to Smithsonian standards including dust free and temperature controlled features.        

"Titanic:  The Artifact Exhibition" will be open during Discovery Park of America’s regular hours:  Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.  After gaining admission into the park, the cost of visiting the Titanic Exhibit is $7.00 for a non-member; $6.00 for Discovery Park members, anyone 65+ and groups of 20 or more and $5.00 for school groups and children ages four through 12.  Anyone three and under can go through the Exhibition with a paying adult, free of charge.   

 

Information provided by Mary Nita Bondurant, Discovery Park of America.

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