Titanic Museum

We were able to enjoy a few days in Northern Ireland visiting Wes and Lyn.  While there we were able to visit the Titanic Museum.  The museum is the most comprehensive museum about the Titanic in the world and only opened in 2012.  The Titanic was built by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff in the shipyards of Belfast a little over 100 years ago.  There were extensive photos and interactive displays about its construction, what the ship looked like and the people involved.  There was even footage in the theatre showing the remains of the crash on the ocean floor.  Very powerful experience.  We were also able to visit a heritage village and experience life in the north in the 1800's.  The highlights were seeing a printing press in action that was over 170 years old, an old time forge demonstration, weaving on an old wooden loom and learning about how photography worked back then.  Very fun evening.

This is the drawing room where the plans for the Titanic were hand drawn.  The planning process took about 3 years, with 3 more years needed to complete the actual construction.

This is the shipyard where the Titanic and her sister ship, the Olympic, were built side by side.  The Titanic was 90 feet tall with her smokestacks adding another 90 feet.  

Countryside outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland

Picture taken of the men drawing the plans for the Titanic.