RMSC Presents "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition"
October 01, 2009
IN BRIEF:
Title: Rochester Museum & Science Center Brings World-Renowned Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition to Western New York
Location: 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Phone: (585) 271-4320
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009 – Monday, January 18, 2010
Time: 9am–5pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays • 9am–9pm Wednesdays & Thursdays (except October 1st and selected holidays) • 11am–5pm Sundays.
Admission: adults $17, seniors/college students $15, ages 3–18 $14, RMSC members $5. Purchase tickets online beginning September 1st at www.rmsc.org
Presenting Sponsor: ESL Federal Credit Union
Additional Support: Harris Beach PLLC
Media Sponsor: Time Warner Cable
Website: www.rmsc.org
Media Contact: Debra Jacobson, Director of Marketing and Community Affairs (585) 697-1944 • debra_jacobson@rmsc.
Rochester Museum & Science Center Brings World-Renowned Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition to Western New York
Rochester, NY — Experience the legendary story of the most famous ship of its time as the Rochester Museum & Science Center presents Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, October 1, 2009 – January 18, 2010 in the museum's Riedman Gallery. Produced by RMS Titanic, Inc. (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.), Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition's presentation at the RMSC is made possible by
Presenting Sponsor: ESL Federal Credit Union
Additional Support: Harris Beach PLLC
Media Sponsor: Time Warner Cable
On a calm April night in 1912, Titanic, the world's largest ship, sank on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg. On board were 2,228 passengers, including business tycoons, artists and film stars, government dignitaries, immigrants dreaming of a new life, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters. More than 1,500 perished. No one believed it could happen. Ninety-seven years later, the Rochester Museum & Science Center will pay tribute to the tragedy through Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, where more than 125 artifacts conserved from the ship's debris field offer visitors a poignant look at this iconic ship and its passengers.
The exhibition focuses on the RMS Titanic's compelling human stories as best told through authentic artifacts and extensive room re-creations. 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, and personal items such as a shoe brush, a sock, a cigar holder, or the top of a toothpaste jar— these and many other authentic objects offer haunting, emotional connections to lives abruptly ended or forever altered.
Visitors are quickly drawn back to 1912 upon entrance, as each receives a replica boarding pass of an actual passenger aboard Titanic. They then begin their chronological journey through the life of Titanic, moving through the ship's construction, to life on board, to the tragic sinking and amazing artifact rescue efforts. They will marvel at the re-created first and third class cabins, and press their palms against an iceberg while discovering countless stories of heroism and humanity. In the "Memorial Gallery," guests will take their boarding passes to the memorial wall and discover whether their passengers and traveling companions survived or perished.
Over the past 15 years, more than 22 million people have seen this powerful exhibition in major museums worldwide— from Chicago to Los Angeles and Paris to London. RMS Titanic, Inc. is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic. The Company was granted Salvor-in-Possession rights to the wreck site of Titanic by a United States federal court in 1994 and has conducted seven research and recovery expeditions to the Titanic, rescuing more than 5,500 artifacts.
Exhibition Hours (October 1, 2009 – January 18, 2010):
-- Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays: 9am–5pm
-- Wednesdays and Thursdays: 9am–9pm (except October 1st and selected holidays)
-- Sundays 11am–5pm
Exhibition Admission:
-- $17 adults
-- $15 seniors and college students
-- $14 ages 3–18
-- $5 RMSC members
Purchase tickets online at www.rmsc.org beginning September 1st.
For more information and photos of the exhibition, visit the Media FTP:
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
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NOTE: Photos must be credited to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.
Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) receives major funding from Monroe County. RMSC includes a planetarium, nature center and science/regional history museum. The Rochester Museum & Science Center stimulates broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact—past, present, future—on our lives. For more information about RMSC, see . ###
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