Titanic exhibition at Science Museum of Minnesota

St. Paul, Minn. (AP)

June 13, 2009 10:10 AM

The Titanic at its dock in Southampton — The Titanic set sail from Southampton on April 10, 1912 and was considered a remarkable feat of human engineering. It was the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world.
Photo Courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota

A collection of items from the ill-fated Titanic is now at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" tells the story of the hundreds of people aboard the ship through more than 200 artifacts and room recreations.

About 1,500 people died when the so-called "unsinkable" ship sank after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

The exhibit also features the worldwide debut of artifacts from RMS Carpathia, the ship that answered Titanic's distress call. It opened Friday and runs through Jan. 3.

Before St. Paul, it was at the Milwaukee Public Museum - where it was the second-most popular exhibit ever.

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