Originally Posted by
RiaBrown
I just found out today that there is a Titanic museum in Branson, Missouri. Has anyone been? I think it would be interesting to go. A friend of mine went there this morning and posted a picture on Facebook.
I think I'd skip it. There are no actual artifacts that have been brought up room from the Titanic. Many, MANY years ago I was a certified "Titaniphile." I had all these obscure statistics memorized, I had been to several traveling Titanic exhibits, dragging several of my friends and family along with me (Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City), and had books galore discussing ALL aspects of the disaster - some excellent, some pure sensationalistic trash "The Dummies Guide to The Titanic". I can't believe that at one time I devoted that much brain space to everything Titanic.
The one in Branson is just cheesy in my honest opinion. As I said, there are no actual artifacts from the Titanic as the traveling exhibits have, it's very small, and it's kind of expensive. Every month they celebrate certain aspects of life on board, the dress designers of the Titanic, the silverware, the dogs of the Titanic - they tend to scrape the bottom of the barrel on some of these aspects. If you've never been to the other traveling exhibits and this is your only chance to visit to visit a Titanic museum, by all means go. I'm sure people might learn a lot, but it's definitely not as good the traveling exhibits by Titanic, R.M.S., who owns the rights to the Titanic artifacts.
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