Houston remembers Titanic through centennial artifact exhibition
Around 250 artifacts are showcased at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, all recovered from the wreck site of Titanic.
In addition to a trove of precious artifacts, First Class stateroom and Third Class cabin were also recreated at the exhibition, where visitors can be quickly drawn back to the year of 1912 and marvel at the luxury of the so-called unsinkable ship built a century ago.
Helen Benziger, the great granddaughter of Margaret Brown, one of the 705 survivors of the Titanic catastrophe, was at the exhibition to tell visitors what her great grandmother went through during the ship's sinking and why the Titanic still draws so much attention across the world even 100 years later.
"I think why people still remember the Titanic and what makes it so amazingly close to everybody's heart, even after one hundred years, is that it was the first global catastrophe," she said.
But just before Titanic sailed, "the wireless was invented, Marconi, and so news reached everywhere, and almost every country has someone on board. It was truly an international voyage. And I think that's why it's so remembered," she said.
The six-month show "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" is one of eight exhibitions held by RMS Titanic, Inc., among which six are travel shows and two are permanent ones.
One hundred years ago, on April 15, Titanic, the world's largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming 1,523 lives. One hundred years later, the world remembers this first global catastrophe through all kinds of commemoration activities.
