Titanic exhibition to make its first visit to Charlotte. Where to get tickets
North America’s largest touring Titanic exhibition is headed to Charlotte for the first time.
The immersive exhibit will be at The Park Expo & Conference Center Friday, May 15, through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, organizers said Wednesday.
What you’ll see
Upon boarding, guests receive a boarding card to trace a real passenger’s journey and next enter re-created first- and third-class cabins to experience life on board.
They proceed through galleries with at least 300 artifacts from the Titanic and other period White Star Line vessels, and discover the ship’s resting place 2.5 miles down on the ocean floor.
The journey ends at a memorial wall where people can reflect on the 1912 tragedy and learn the fate of their assigned passenger.
Music from the era of the Titanic’s April 15, 1912, sinking in the icy North Atlantic plays throughout the exhibition.
The tour includes re-creations of the ship’s interiors, including a replica of its famous Grand Staircase, the first-class hallway and millionaires’ suite, the third-class hallway and accommodations, the boiler room and the ship’s exterior promenade deck.
A discovery gallery is dedicated to discovery and research of the Titanic’s wreckage site and includes a raised glass floor simulating the sea-floor debris field of the ship. A film in the gallery gives an in-depth look at the forensic research related to the wreck, break-up and sinking of the ship.
A companion VR Experience lets visitors descend 2.5 miles beneath the Atlantic to the Titanic’s final resting place.
New Titanic Carolinas connections gallery
A new gallery, “Titanic’s Connections to the Carolinas,” was created specifically for the Charlotte exhibition. Those ties include the Cape Hatteras U.S. Weather Bureau Station being the first to receive the ship’s initial telegraph distress message that it hit an iceberg.
Charlotte follows stops in Chicago, Dallas and Salt Lake City that drew more than a total 700,000 visitors, organizers said.
Tickets are $26.50 to $60, with discounts for seniors, military and groups, and are on sale at theTitanicExhibition.com.
