TITANIC The Exhibition is far more than a display of historic items: it is a unique narrative experience, a tale of the people aboard history’s most legendary ship on its maiden and final journey. Travel back to 1912 through photographs, handwritten letters, wayward keepsakes, and other personal belongings telling countless stories about the fates and heroic deeds on board.
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Feature Artifacts
Louis Kink’s shoes
The Kink family, made up of Anton, his wife, Louise, and their 4- year-old daughter, also called Louise, were traveling from Zurich in Switzerland. They were passengers in 3rd class and, when they reached the deck, only the mother and little Louise were allowed to get into lifeboat number 2. Anton was not allowed past - as there were sailors making a human chain around the boat to protect it as it began its descent. But Anton managed to get through the tangle of arms blocking his way, and jumped towards the boat, landing in it as it was already being lowered. This is how they became one of the few 3rd-class families to survive intact. This photo, in which Louise Kink and her daughter appear on the left, was taken as soon as they arrived in New York. On the right, there is another family that survived. Here you can see the bootees that little Louise Kink was wearing the night of the sinking. In them, she ran both along the deck of the Titanic to get into a lifeboat, and also along the decks of the Carpathia, until she finally arrived in New York. If you look at the previous picture, you will see the bootees circled in red. Beside them, you will see the blanket used to wrap little Louise until they were rescued from the lifeboat. Lastly, you have the chance to see a photograph that shows what may have been the iceberg that the Titanic crashed into.
Necklace from Kate Phillips
The story of Jack and Rose, the traveling artist and the high society lady, and their intense romance on board the Titanic has captivated millions around the world. Furthermore, the pendant that Rose gets from her fiancé, Cal - the fictional jewel called the heart of the ocean, and also their story, is based on fact. Henry Morley was a 39-year-old English trader, married with two young children. One of the employees in his shop was the young Kate Phillips, who was barely 19 years old. In spite of the age difference and Henry’s family situation, they fell in love with each other and bought two second-class tickets, under false names, for passage on the Titanic. For the 4 days they were on board the ship, they were seen to be deeply in love and they conceived a child that would be born 9 months later, in January 1913. Sometime during the voyage, Henry gave Kate a pendant with a jewel in it as a demonstration of his love. When the Titanic hit the iceberg, they ran to the deck together to try to get into a lifeboat but the crew only allowed Kate through. In one of her pockets, with a small purse and the keys to her suitcase, she consciously or unconsciously held the pendant given to her by Henry. Here is the pendant that Henry gave to Kate, along with her purse and the keys to a case that still lies at the bottom of the ocean.
Third Class passenger Gerda Lindell’s ring
Related to Edvard and Gerda Lindell. Their story is one of the most impressive of all regarding the sinking of the Titanic. It was a tradition in those days for couples, on becoming fiancées, to give each other a ring that would later be soldered to another identical one when they married. In this way, two rings were turned into only one, symbolizing the love union of the couple. Like many others, they boarded the ship with third-class tickets at Southampton. Due to the location of their cabins, by the time they realized that something serious was happening on the night of the sinking, all the lifeboats had already been lowered and the ship’s bow was practically submerged. They ran along the deck with other passengers and in their desperation, decided to throw themselves into the water and swim towards where the collapsible boat A was. This lifeboat was almost full of water and crammed with people. The couple managed to cling onto the boat even though neither of them was wearing a life-jacket. Edvard finally managed to climb in while another passenger, August Wennerstrom, held onto Gerda’s hand from the inside, as she could not get in. They were literally frozen due to the temperature of the sea. If Gerda had climbed up, the boat would have overturned and it would have been the end of all of them. Nobody at that moment had the strength to think. Within moments, Wennerstrom couldn’t hold on any more and he let go of Gerda´s arm, whose body sank in seconds. Just as this happened, her wedding ring slid off her finger and fell to the floor of the boat. Nobody noticed - they were all too busy trying to survive. Her husband, Edvard, died a few moments later from hypothermia.
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