Prepare to open the Titanic museum

On April 14, 1912, the legendary Titanic crashed into an iceberg, ending a four-day journey from Southamton to New York. The catastrophic accident brought 1517 lives and historic ships to the deep sea floor. At that time, Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ship, even thought to be 'impossible to sink'.

Titanic is a White Star Line passenger ship built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. And to preserve memories of this ill-fated ship, the Belfast, Northern Ireland authorities and a number of private investors have teamed up to build the museum: Belfast Titanic Museum . It will host nine exclusive collections of the legendary ship and its fateful journey. The museum will be opened just before the 100th anniversary of the tragedy a few days.

Developed by architect Todd, CivicArts / Eric Kuhne Associates and Kay Elliott. The museum is 150,700 square meters, is a 6-storey building.Titanic Belfast is part of a reconstruction project of a £ 100 million shipyard. The outer cover is covered with more than 3000 aluminum panels designed by German facade expert: METALLBAU Frueh. These aluminum panels are capable of catching gem light. The museum is located in the historic area attached to the ship, the Titanic design office is located adjacent to the Dock Hamilton grave, where it was awarded the tender and the place remains intact. Lagan River, where the ship was first launched, is also very close to the museum.

Inside the building is built with escalators and glass doors in all four directions, suitable for visiting nine galleries with interactive screens, allowing visitors to explore all aspects of the history of the Titanic. The wall is decorated with red copper-colored metal plates similar in size to the outer hull of the Titanic, evoking a monumental scale. Those who are proficient in woodwork will appreciate the efforts of creating full copies of precious oak staircases."It was a big challenge when we lacked the complete drawing of the original staircase , " explained project manager Kay Elliot. 'We developed a detailed 3D engineering model based on the image of the original staircase on the Olympic ship - the sister of the Titanic. It took us a month to work hard to achieve the results you see. "

Although the Titanic was still very interested after 100 years of accidents, there was also a lot of controversy surrounding it. Since its discovery in 1985, many wreck expeditions have been organized and gathered thousands of artifacts, many consider it an act of desecration to the sacred ship and the dead.

Recently, Guernsey, an auction house in New York, announced the intention to sell a collection of five items salvaged from the wreck. The value of the appraised collection is about: $ 189 million - more than the ship's estimated replacement cost, and it seems that the way to trade for profit from unpopular artifacts. Luckily, the Belfast Titanic Museum seems to have taken a more respectful approach, using memorabilia about the ship to tell those who visit the most fully and objectively what happened. .