Titanic-The World's Largest Museum Attraction
The TITANIC Museum Attractions are irresistible tourist magnets in Branson, MO and Pigeon Forge, TN, attracting millions of visitors each year. Since open day, each has generated a steady stream of visitors from across the country and around the world. This year, as Titanic turns 100, a ground-swell of renewed interest is underway. To commemorate the advent of the great ship's epic maiden voyage, the museum attraction has upped the excitement level with year-long special events that include • A"Back to Titanic" Ireland Sweepstakes voyage to Titanic's birthplace• Interactive participation in a sensitive Rose Petal tribute to the 2,208 passengers and crew who lived the experience• A candle light service, lighting of an eternal flame and rescue rocket display• Guests will also meet descendants of Titanic passengers and crew who have traveled from all around the world to appear at the museum attractions throughout 2012.With the re-release of James Cameron's "Titanic" movie in 3D, Titanic Museum Attraction Pigeon Forge will open a new gallery featuring props and costumes from the film. A number of television shows and documentaries will also air during the year. ABC Television will present a four-part miniseries and John Joslyn, owner of Titanic Museum Attractions, will re-release his ratings-breaking Titanic television show.
Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson is a celebration of the ship, passengers and crew!
It is said that the best way to respect and honor those who gave their lives is to simply tell their stories.
As the whole world remembers the world's most famous luxury liner, Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson. MO. will continue to open the door to the past in it's one-of-a-kind way - letting "passengers" experience what it was like to walk the hallways, parlors, cabins and Grand Staircase of the Titanic while surrounded by more than 400 artifacts directly from the ship and its passengers. As visitors touch a real iceberg, walk the Grand Staircase and third class hallways, reach their hands into 28-degree water, and try to stand on the sloping decks, they learn what it was like on the RMS Titanic by experiencing it first-hand.
Each guest entering the ship will receive a boarding pass of an actual Titanic passenger or crew. Feel their spirit presence in the galleries where over 400 personal and private artifacts are on display. Many are on display for the first time in the world. This collection is valued at over four and a half million dollars. This is a self-guided tour.
Discover your passenger or crew's fate in the Titanic Memorial Room where 2,208 names line this historic wall.
The heart of the ship is the Grand Staircase, constructed from the original Harland & Wolff plans with its oak carvings and cherub statue. Here, a magnificent glass dome reflects light off oak wall paneling and elaborate railings and iron scrollwork. Wide, sweeping steps and landings provide a spectacular area where the original guests of the RMS Titanic made their appearances. You'll be surprised to learn what the floor was made of - something considered most expensive for 1912.
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