The largest interactive center on the Titanic opens in Belfast

One hundred years after the sinking of the most famous liner in history, Titanic Belfast has been inaugurated in Ireland: the largest interactive Titanic center in the world, which offers the possibility of delving into the history of the legendary ship that set sail from the Northern Irish capital and the tragedy in which more than 1.500 personas.

A museum dedicated to the Titanic, the ship that sank in the icy waters of the Atlantic, he 15 April 1912, has opened in the city of Belfast (Northern Ireland). It is an interactive center that tours and shows history, the magic and legend of this navigation icon. It is located in a six-story building located in the Titanic Quarter district., whose façade has the shape of four prows with the same height as the famous ship, from keel to deck.

Titanic Belfast is an overwhelming tour that has this ship as the protagonist, since its conception, when it was just a project captured on paper and conceived to become the most luxurious and imposing ship ever seen., until the moment his remains were discovered 4.000 meters deep in the North Atlantic.

The interactive building - which took three years to build, the same length as the construction of the Titanic- It has nine interpretation galleries spread over six floors where the story of the Titanic is interactively told from its construction to the discovery of its remains at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.. Didactic projections, Original films of the time and realistic reproductions of its different rooms relive the trip on the Titanic as if we had returned to 1912.

9 galleries

The visit begins in the prosperous city of Belfast one hundred years ago (gallery 1), where the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the world was built. Here you can discover an industrial city from the beginning of the last century, world leader in the engineering and shipbuilding sector, and ends the first part of this tour at the Harland shipyard & Wolff, where the famous ship was born.

The second stage (gallery 2) introduces the visitor to the construction, inviting you to experience the entire process in first person through a tour of the shipyard with video images filmed a hundred years ago and life-size models. At the exit of the shipyard, the visitor is looking in the direction of the steps where the ship lay. Its recreation through historical material allows an authentic perspective of what that engineering work meant. (gallery 3).

The gallery 4 It is a reflection of the interior of the ship, from the engineering techniques used and the machinery to the luxury with which every detail of the cabins was thought out., furniture design, the upholstery... Here one can descend the large staircase that presided over the ship's lounge, learn how first-class passengers lived, second and third class through reconstructions and tour the common areas.

First and last trip

The maiden voyage also has its own space (gallery 5), showing the departure from Southampton (southern england) and the beginning of the journey across the Atlantic Ocean towards New York. The journey was interrupted in the early morning of 14 al 15 April 1912, when the ship hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland. This tragic moment is captured (gallery 6) through visual elements and light and sound effects, reliving the drama and despair with the sinking of the ship.

Research and documentation give way to the next stage of the journey (gallery 7), where you have access to numerous details, recordings, reconstructions… that attempted to elucidate the reasons that led to the sinking of the ship (gallery 7) y, later, to the myth, to the legend and reports of the time, stories and films that have kept the magic of the Titanic alive for a hundred years (gallery 8).

Finally, The exhibition takes the visitor to 4.000 meters deep in the cold waters of the North Atlantic, where the titanic is submerged. The breathtaking images show the ship as it was when it was discovered in 1985 by American oceanographer Robert Ballard, split in two, and culminates the tour with access to unique material about the shipwreck and impressive details about the discovery.

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