Uncover New Artifacts and Epic History
Through September 5 | Click here for tickets
On the fateful night of April 15, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg on her maiden voyage bound for New York. The disaster claimed more than 1,500 lives and subsequently altered the world’s confidence in modern technology. Nearly 98 years later, the most visited exhibition in Whitaker Center’s history sets sail again for a magnificent second voyage.
Through September 5, 2010, guests will have the opportunity to relive the compelling human stories ─ this time through a larger version of Whitaker Center’s 2005 exhibition. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition features 150 legendary artifacts, none of which have been seen in Harrisburg before, and 11 of which have never been seen anywhere before; dramatic recreations of First-Class and Third-Class cabins; the famous iceberg wall; and authentic personal items recovered after 80 years on the ocean floor.
“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition offers an opportunity for everyone to learn about an important historical event ─ as well as delve into the culture of the period and personal perspective of a passenger aboard the grandest Ship to set sail in the early 20th Century,” said Dr. Michael Hanes, Whitaker Center President and CEO. “We are fortunate to have obtained this new exhibition of recovered artifacts to display in the newly expanded Gloria M. Olewine Gallery in Harsco Science Center.”
Visitors will be quickly drawn back in time to 1912 upon entrance, as each receives a boarding pass of an actual passenger aboard Titanic. Guests then begin their chronological journey through the life of Titanic, moving through the Ship’s construction, to life on board, to the ill-fated sinking and amazing artifact recovery efforts, while learning of countless stories of heroism and humanity.
“After nearly a century since it sank, Titanic endures in the memories of Americans,” said Michael Murchie, regional president of M&T Bank, the presenting sponsor of the Exhibition. “And now after five years since it first came to Whitaker Center, the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition not only endures, but it continues to grow and capture the imagination of visitors with new relics recovered from the Ship’s final resting place.”
Archival Titanic Footage
