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Discover the surprising link between a top secret Cold War mission and the 1985 discovery of the sunken Titanic by legendary oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Robert Ballard in our fascinating exhibition. Developed in collaboration with the National Archives and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, “Titanic” reveals the remarkable—and long-classified—story behind the historic discovery.
This extensive exhibition also transports visitors to the height of transatlantic steamship travel, displaying items from the luxurious ocean liner and sharing the stories—many for the first time—of some aboard the ship on its tragic maiden voyage. See incredible images and artifacts, like the coat worn by Titanic survivor Marion Wright Woolcott, and never-before-exhibited ship and expedition memorabilia, including the 8,000-pound crew module from the submersible Ballard and team used to survey the shipwreck.
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NGSTI1_180626_210.JPG: First Map of the Titanic Wreck Site
NGSTI1_180626_229.JPG: Picturing the Deck Today
NGSTI1_180626_243.JPG: First-Class Turkish Bath
NGSTI1_180626_247.JPG: Turkish Bath Ticket
A ticket to enter the Turkish bath on Titanic's maiden voyage cost four shillings -- roughly equivalent to $18 today.
NGSTI1_180626_253.JPG: Turkish Bath Postcard:
This image shows the Turkish bath's luxurious appointments. Although it is black and white, the spa's interior would have been quite colorful. James Cameron investigated the Turkish bath on a dive, and sent back pictures of the hand-painted blue and green tiles.
NGSTI1_180626_307.JPG: Smoking Room Postcard:
This postcard depicts the luxurious appointments on Titanic's first-class smoking room. A piece of inlaid paneling identical to the one in this case can be seen on the left side of the image.
NGSTI1_180626_311.JPG: Opulence on the Sea
NGSTI1_180626_325.JPG: Titanic Ship Model
NGSTI1_180626_346.JPG: A Safer Design
NGSTI1_180626_358.JPG: First-Class Accommodation Plan
NGSTI1_180626_362.JPG: Hammer and Wood Plane:
These tools, belonging to a Harland & Wolff shipyard employee, were used in the construction of the Titanic at the Belfast shipyard.
NGSTI1_180626_371.JPG: Building a Behemoth
NGSTI1_180626_378.JPG: What did you uncover today?
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NGSTI1_180626_385.JPG: Tales from the Tragedy
NGSTI1_180626_400.JPG: A Shattered Dream
NGSTI1_180626_403.JPG: Making an Epic
NGSTI1_180626_419.JPG: One of the most well-known features of Titanic was its seven-level forward first-class staircase, commonly referred to as the Grand Staircase, spanning five levels and more than 60 feet from its lower landing to the dome of the glass skylight, which crowned the masterpiece.
Made of oak, the staircase was decorated in 17th-century William and Mary style, with gold-plated, wrought iron railings and hand-carved newel posts. The staircase landing of the A Deck featured a clock depicting "Honour and Glory Crowing Time" and a bronze cherub holding an illuminated torch. The other landings all featured oil paintings.
NGSTI1_180626_427.JPG: The Grand Staircase
NGSTI1_180626_432.JPG: Grand Staircase Clock
NGSTI1_180626_444.JPG: Grand Staircase Drawing
NGSTI1_180626_447.JPG: "Let the truth be known, no ship is UNSINKABLE. The bigger the ship, the easier it is to sink her."
-- Thomas Andrews, Designer of the Titanic
NGSTI1_180626_450.JPG: Piece of Stair Tread
Piece of Wooden Cap
NGSTI1_180626_453.JPG: Metal Bracket
NGSTI1_180626_455.JPG: Grand Staircase Fragments
NGSTI1_180626_470.JPG: Titanic Deck Chair
NGSTI1_180626_477.JPG: Tales from the Tragedy
NGSTI1_180626_483.JPG: Roberta Maioni wrote a seven page account of her experience on the Titanic for a story contest in 1926.
NGSTI1_180626_487.JPG: The Sinking Decoded
NGSTI1_180626_504.JPG: Marconi Room -- Set piece from Titanic (1997)
NGSTI1_180626_513.JPG: Telemotor -- Reproduction
NGSTI1_180626_514.JPG: The bronze telemotor on the bridge that once operated the steering gear on the RMS Titanic is seen in the ship's wreckage.
NGSTI1_180626_523.JPG: Oscar Woody
NGSTI1_180626_536.JPG: Captain's Uniform -- Captain E.J. Smith (Bernard Hill)
NGSTI1_180626_539.JPG: James Kieran
Crew: Third-Class Chief Steward
NGSTI1_180626_543.JPG: Officers and Crew
NGSTI1_180626_552.JPG: Crew Menu:
This handwritten crew luncheon menu is the only one known to exist. The crew had their own areas of the ship for lodging and dining, and they were only permitted to interact with passengers while they were on duty.
NGSTI1_180626_555.JPG: Captain Smith on the RMS Adriatic
NGSTI1_180626_564.JPG: Captain's Table China:
This is one of only two cup-and-saucer sets from Titanic known to exist. Third-class Chief Steward James Kieran gave it to his wife as a souvenir the morning the ship departed.
NGSTI1_180626_570.JPG: Lamp Trimmer's Keys:
This set of keys was carried off the ship by lamp trimmer Samuel Hemming, who escaped in Lifeboat 4.
NGSTI1_180626_574.JPG: Officers' Buttons:
These brass buttons, bearing the White Star Line flag emblem, are examples of those worn on officers' coats.
NGSTI1_180626_579.JPG: Samuel Hemming
Crew: Lamp Trimmer
NGSTI2_180626_001.JPG: The Ship's Crew
NGSTI2_180626_014.JPG: Oscar Woody
NGSTI2_180626_021.JPG: Passport Photo:
Oscar Woody's passport photo was recovered from his body, which was found by the CS Mackay-Bennett a week after the sinking and buried at sea.
NGSTI2_180626_022.JPG: Woody Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_031.JPG: Pocket Watch:
Recovered from Oscar Woody's body
NGSTI2_180626_037.JPG: Masonic Pocket Knife:
Recovered from Oscar Woody's body
NGSTI2_180626_043.JPG: Red Cross Letter to Leelia Woody:
Listing items recovered from his body
NGSTI2_180626_047.JPG: Claim of Leelia Woody (Reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_050.JPG: Mail Facing Slips:
As part of the mail-sorting process, each clerk placed a paper facing slip atop an organized bundle denoting its intended destination and stamped his name to enable the resolution of distribution errors. On the night of the sinking, Woody and the other mail clerks removed the facing slips from the bundles of mail in their charge to keep a record of the lost correspondence. These mail slips, stamped "O.S. Woody" and "Titanic," were found in Woody's upper jacket pocket, dry, as his life jacket kept his upper torso out of the water.
NGSTI2_180626_057.JPG: Wallace Hartley
NGSTI2_180626_060.JPG: Hartley Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_063.JPG: Music Pouch:
Hartley's music case, with his violin and this music pouch inside, was found strapped to his body.
NGSTI2_180626_069.JPG: Sheet Music and Cover
NGSTI2_180626_070.JPG: Photograph of Wallace Hartley (reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_074.JPG: "Narcissus" Sheet Music
NGSTI2_180626_080.JPG: Charlotte Cardeza
NGSTI2_180626_083.JPG: Cardeza Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_087.JPG: Claim of Charlotte Cardeza (reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_099.JPG: Dressing Table Fragment
NGSTI2_180626_102.JPG: First Class
NGSTI2_180626_106.JPG: John Jacob & Madeleine Astor
NGSTI2_180626_116.JPG: The Astors Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_123.JPG: Madeleine Astor's Life Jacket
NGSTI2_180626_128.JPG: John Jacob Astor's Pocket Watch:
Recovered from his body
NGSTI2_180626_139.JPG: Star-Crossed Love: Rose and Jack -- Props from Titanic (1997)
NGSTI2_180626_142.JPG: Jack's Sketches (Reproduction)
All of the images in Jack's sketchbook were drawn by director James Cameron. It is his hands that are shown sketching Rose in the film.
NGSTI2_180626_145.JPG: Jack's Pencil Case
NGSTI2_180626_149.JPG: Rose's Heart of the Ocean Necklace
NGSTI2_180626_152.JPG: Rose's Silver Hand Mirror
NGSTI2_180626_165.JPG: First-Class Suite -- Set pieces from Titanic (1997)
NGSTI2_180626_168.JPG: Rose's Suite
NGSTI2_180626_170.JPG: Grand Staircase Railing
NGSTI2_180626_179.JPG: Blue Velvet Dress
Rose DeWitt Baukater (Kate Winslet)
NGSTI2_180626_191.JPG: Pajamas and Overcoat -- J. Bruce Ismay (Jonathan Hyde)
NGSTI2_180626_212.JPG: Edwina Troutt
NGSTI2_180626_215.JPG: Trout Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_221.JPG: Itemized List of Lost Property
NGSTI2_180626_225.JPG: Photograph of Edwina Troutt MacKenzie:
This photograph shows Troutt later in life, after she had married her third husband, James MacKenzie.
NGSTI2_180626_229.JPG: Birthday Wishes from Richard Nixon (1974)
NGSTI2_180626_231.JPG: Birthday Wishes from Ronald Reagan (1984)
NGSTI2_180626_241.JPG: Diary Pages by Troutt
NGSTI2_180626_245.JPG: Marion Wright Woolcott
NGSTI2_180626_248.JPG: Woolcott Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_251.JPG: Marion Wright Woolcott's Lucky Coat which she wore into the water during the Titanic sinking
NGSTI2_180626_254.JPG: Hilda Hellstrom
NGSTI2_180626_257.JPG: Hellstrom Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_262.JPG: Photograph of Hilda Hellstrom
NGSTI2_180626_268.JPG: Manifest of Titanic Survivors on Carpathia (Reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_295.JPG: Thermos and Cup:
With a new life in America out of the question, Ada and her daughters returned to Cornwall. Ada was pregnant at the time of the disaster. She gave birth to another daughter of September 14, 1912, and named her Edwyna, after her husband. Ada never remarried and kept this flask until her death in 1953 at age 74.
NGSTI2_180626_301.JPG: Third-Class Cabin
Set piece from Titanic (1997)
NGSTI2_180626_309.JPG: The Lucky Coat's Second Life
NGSTI2_180626_317.JPG: Boarding Clothes
Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio)
NGSTI2_180626_328.JPG: Second & Third Class
NGSTI2_180626_341.JPG: Carpathia Deck Chair:
Carpathia's deck chairs were nicknamed widows' seats following the disaster because of the Titanic passengers, now widows, who sat on them during the voyage back to New York. This is the only known deck chair from the Carpathia.
NGSTI2_180626_345.JPG: The Lifeboats
NGSTI2_180626_352.JPG: Titanic Lifeboat Plaque:
Each lifeboat had a plaque attached that read "S.S. Titanic" (rather than R.M.S. Titanic, which only applied when the ship was carrying mail). All that remains of the lifeboats today are the plaques.
NGSTI2_180626_357.JPG: Titanic Blanket:
Second-class passenger Marion Wright Woolcott carried this "lap robe" off the Titanic to keep warm in the lifeboat.
NGSTI2_180626_359.JPG: Harold Cottam
NGSTI2_180626_363.JPG: Cottam Aboard Carpathia
NGSTI2_180626_366.JPG: Photographs of Cottam
NGSTI2_180626_373.JPG: Life Saving Model:
The Liverpool Shipwreck Society presented Cottam with this silver medal in June 1912, along with a certificate of thanks.
NGSTI2_180626_380.JPG: Pocket Watch:
The watch is engraved "Presented to Mr. Harold T. Cottam by Friends of Southwall Wesleyan Church & Schools in appreciation of faithful duties as Wireless Operator on Carpathia in Connection With Wreck of Titanic 1912."
NGSTI2_180626_405.JPG: A Call for Help
NGSTI2_180626_408.JPG: Communication Between
Titanic & Carpathia
NGSTI2_180626_413.JPG: The Race to Rescue
NGSTI2_180626_418.JPG: Carpathia Crew Medal Set:
Margaret Brown and other rescued first-class passengers met on Carpathia to devise a plan to reward the crew of both ships and start a fund to aid survivors who now had nothing. The Titanic Survivors' Committee awarded the crew three types of medals: gold for officers, silver for junior officers, and bronze for other crew. This one was for Evan Henry Hughes, Carpathia's Chief Steward.
NGSTI2_180626_436.JPG: The Ship Captain's Medical Guide (from the Carpathia)
NGSTI2_180626_439.JPG: Edith Russell
NGSTI2_180626_443.JPG: Russell Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_446.JPG: Article and Toy Pig's Tail
NGSTI2_180626_449.JPG: Photograph of Lifeboat II
NGSTI2_180626_452.JPG: Claim of Edith Russell (Reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_456.JPG: Waiting for Rescue
NGSTI2_180626_461.JPG: Roberta Maioni
NGSTI2_180626_464.JPG: Maioni Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_468.JPG: Telegrams:
Maioni's brother sent the first telegram on April 16, 1912, the day after the sinking, asking her to wire home once she arrived in New York. Three days later, on April 19, he followed up, asking if she had wired their mother yet.
NGSTI2_180626_472.JPG: Letter from White Star Line
NGSTI2_180626_475.JPG: White Star Line Pin
NGSTI2_180626_482.JPG: Photograph of Roberta Maioni
NGSTI2_180626_487.JPG: Eyewitness Sinking Account:
Maioni wrote a moving personal account of her experience on the Titanic for a short story competition run by the Daily Express in 1926.
NGSTI2_180626_490.JPG: Margaret Brown
NGSTI2_180626_495.JPG: Brown Aboard Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_499.JPG: U.S. Savings Bond Advertisement
NGSTI2_180626_502.JPG: Egyptian Ushabti Figurine carried by Margaret Brown aboard the lifeboat
NGSTI2_180626_511.JPG: Claim of Margaret Brown
NGSTI2_180626_517.JPG: The Disaster's Aftermath
NGSTI2_180626_526.JPG: J. Bruce Ismay
NGSTI2_180626_533.JPG: Official Inquiries
NGSTI2_180626_539.JPG: George M. Cohan (center, plaid hat), an American entertainer who composed songs like "You're a Grand Old Flag," appeared at this Titanic charity baseball game, held at the Polo Grounds in New York City on April 21, 1912.
NGSTI2_180626_543.JPG: Great Titanic Disaster Banner:
Many benefits were held to raise funds for Titanic survivors and their families, and various collection centers rose up to accept relief donations for family members of those lost in the Titanic sinking. Banners such as this one hung outside those collection locations.
NGSTI2_180626_546.JPG: First-Class Dining Plan (reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_553.JPG: Photograph of Ismay Testifying (Reproduction):
This photograph shows Ismay being questioned by the Senate Investigating Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on April 19, 1912. Ironically, the Waldorf-Astoria was founded by the family of millionaire John Jacob Astor -- one of the victims who died on Titanic.
NGSTI2_180626_556.JPG: Ship's Rules and Regulations:
J. Bruce Ismay's copy of Ship's Rules and Regulations
NGSTI2_180626_561.JPG: Evidence of J. Bruce Ismay
NGSTI2_180626_563.JPG: Mourning & Recovery
NGSTI2_180626_567.JPG: Wreck Wood Cribbage Board:
Pieces of wood from Titanic found floating in the ocean were collected, and in maritime tradition, turned into frames, game boards, and other keepsakes. This cribbage board, with a fabric-lined drawer, was made by William Parker, the carpenter on the C.S. Minia.
NGSTI2_180626_570.JPG: Wreck Wood Picture Frame
NGSTI2_180626_573.JPG: Memorial Program:
This program is from a memorial service for Titanic victims held at St. Paul's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 21, 1912.
NGSTI2_180626_576.JPG: Photograph of Crew Survivors
NGSTI2_180626_580.JPG: Checks, Titanic Relief Fund
NGSTI2_180626_590.JPG: New York Times (Reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_597.JPG: A Legal Reckoning
NGSTI2_180626_612.JPG: The Wrecks' Legacy
NGSTI2_180626_615.JPG: Lost on the Titanic
NGSTI2_180626_620.JPG: Canvas Body Effects Bag and Envelope
NGSTI2_180626_621.JPG: Photograph of John Gill (reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_626.JPG: O Barber Half-Dollar:
This half-dollar coin from 1906 was one of the coins found in Gill's pocket.
NGSTI2_180626_633.JPG: Attorney Correspondence:
This letter from Sarah Gill's lawyers to the White Star Line, dated December 23, 1915, discusses a settlement and payment to families of Titanic victims.
NGSTI2_180626_634.JPG: Lost on the Thresher
NGSTI2_180626_637.JPG: Letter to Margareta Malinski
NGSTI2_180626_639.JPG: Letter to President Kennedy
NGSTI2_180626_642.JPG: Thresher Memorial Book
NGSTI2_180626_646.JPG: Lost on the Scorpion
NGSTI2_180626_649.JPG: Scorpion Memorial Book
NGSTI2_180626_652.JPG: Letter to Dorothy Slattery
NGSTI2_180626_654.JPG: Report of Casualty (Reproduction)
NGSTI2_180626_670.JPG: President Reagan's Signing Statement
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