In April 1912, the world’s largest Ship set sail with over 2,200 people on board. Four days later, she sank in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Now, nearly 100 years later, the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands will bring to life the timeless story of RMS Titanic, her passengers and crew in Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.

The blockbuster Exhibition, which is making its Southeast Asian debut, will feature approximately 275 artifacts, 14 of which have never been seen before. These artifacts were rescued from more than 3,800m below the ocean surface at the Ship’s final resting place, offering visitors a poignant look at this iconic Ship and her passengers.

The exhibition will open to the public from 29 October, 2011 through the 100th anniversary of the historic sailing and sinking of the great Ship in April 2012.

The Exhibition is designed to tell the incredible human stories from the legendary RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage. The use of authentic artifacts and extensive room re-creations combined with the compelling stories of the passengers and crew have made this exhibition one of the most successful exhibition in the world with more than 25 million tickets sold to date.

In the “Memorial Gallery”, guests will take their boarding pass to the “Memorial Wall” and discover whether their passenger and traveling companions survived or perished | Photo Credit: Marina Bay Sands

Occupying 2,500 square meters of gallery space, the Exhibition will show the magnitude of Titanic using real artifacts recovered from the wreck site. A total of nine galleries will take visitors through the Ship’s conception, construction, sailing day, life on board, the famous iceberg, Titanic’s sinking, the discovery of the wreck, while all throughout telling the incredible stories of her passengers and crew.

The “Discovery Gallery” takes visitors through the key milestones of Titanic’s expeditions as divers searched for the Titanic wreck, the Ship’s final discovery in 1985 and the science of how the wreck has been monitored and artifacts recovered at such extreme depth | Photo Credit: Marina Bay Sands

To immerse visitors in Titanic’s story and bring them back in time to the Ship’s maiden voyage on April 10 1912, each visitor will receive a replica boarding pass of an actual passenger aboard Titanic as they enter the exhibition. They then begin their chronological journey through the life of the Titanic, moving through the ship’s construction, to life on board, to the ill-fated sinking and amazing artifact rescue efforts.

Visitors will marvel at the re-created grandeur of the 27-foot high Grand Staircase, an exact replica and reconstruction of the real Grand Staircase on Titanic  | Photo Credit: Marina Bay Sands

Items from the ship’s construction, vials of perfume from a maker who was traveling to New York to sell his samples, china etched with the logo of the elite White Star Line, postage stamps, sheet music, coins, jewelry, personal items and many other authentic objects offer historical insights into the life and times of travelers of that era and the wide socio-economic disparity between rich and poor.

The Titanic leaving the Southampton on its maiden and fateful trip | Photo Credit: Premier Exhibition

The Exhibition will also mark the 100 anniversary of Titanic’s dramatic voyage, with the attention of the world turned to ArtScience Museum – and Singapore - in April next year.

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