This may sound like a long time, but when you think of how large the ship was (882 feet long, 92 feet wide, and 104 feet high) and how many people were unable to get off the ship before it went under (a thousand or more, mostly men and crew members), you realize that it happened rather quickly. It took two hours and 40 minutes for the ship to sink after that initial impact with the iceberg. A costumed guide spoke about the timeline of events for the Titanic‘s maiden voyage. Among the first we saw were those that detailed the design and construction of the massive ship. We entered the museum and began looking at the exhibits. Every item on display, including those on loan from private collectors, either was carried off the ship and into a lifeboat or was recovered from the floating debris field after the ship sank. Not one has been altered, forged, stolen or looted, and not one was retrieved from the wreck site on the floor of the North Atlantic. It holds the largest display of genuine Titanic artifacts anywhere, valued above $4 million.
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The Titanic Museum is the real deal, even endorsed by the Titanic Historical Society. The outside of the Titanic Museum, combined with the general Pigeon Forge vibe, made me think that this could be a real cheesy tourist attraction. I couldn’t believe that anyone would have been that foolish, and figured that surely she must have been one of the many people who didn’t survive. The brief bio said that she had been heading for the lifeboats when she decided to run back and get her new hat. Mine was Bridget McDermott, a 31 year old Irish woman who sought a better life in the United States. You see, each boarding pass had the story of a real Titanic passenger – man, woman, or child – printed on the back. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn’t that! We went up to the main entrance where we were greeted by costumed staff and handed boarding passes. I didn’t even realize that the museum looked like the ship (albeit only half the size)! Unfortunately, however, there isn’t much tailored toward history geeks like me.ĭetermined to get some history in on this trip, I booked tickets for the Titanic Museum. There are plenty of things for foodies, shopaholics, and nature lovers to see and do in Pigeon Forge. Normally, I wouldn’t have thought twice about going to a museum dedicated to a disastrous loss of life. Life is just too short to watch movies that end in tragedy, particularly romantic ones.
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My reasoning was that I knew how the movie would end ( the boat sinks… duh!) and, therefore, whatever story it had to tell could not possibly have a happy ending. I am one of those rare women who, as an adult in 1997, had no desire to see James Cameron’s cinematic masterpiece, Titanic.