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The latest museum attraction in America is a 50% scale replica of Titanic’s front section.
Costing over £16 millions, the Titanic of Pigeon Forge in rural Tennessee is already bringing in the crowds and is set to attract over one million visitors this year. Not only does the museum recreate Titanic’s grand staircase, the ship’s bridge (under a starry sky) and recreations of first and third class cabins, it also comes complete with its own iceberg.
The museum, whose 75 staff are dressed as members of Titanic’s crew, additionally houses four hundred artefacts from the original ship, though none have been recovered from the wreck itself. These include White Star cutlery and crockery and even Lady Astor’s lifejacket.
The museum is bound to be a success, though some might find it sad that visitors are presented with a ‘boarding pass’ bearing the name of one of those who died on that ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
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The latest museum attraction in America is a 50% scale replica of Titanic’s front section.
Costing over £16 millions, the Titanic of Pigeon Forge in rural Tennessee is already bringing in the crowds and is set to attract over one million visitors this year. Not only does the museum recreate Titanic’s grand staircase, the ship’s bridge (under a starry sky) and recreations of first and third class cabins, it also comes complete with its own iceberg.
The museum, whose 75 staff are dressed as members of Titanic’s crew, additionally houses four hundred artefacts from the original ship, though none have been recovered from the wreck itself. These include White Star cutlery and crockery and even Lady Astor’s lifejacket.
The museum is bound to be a success, though some might find it sad that visitors are presented with a ‘boarding pass’ bearing the name of one of those who died on that ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
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