Titanica:It's the centenary of the launch of the ill-fated wonder, the RMS Titanic– and Titanica, a major new exhibition at the Ulster Folk Transport Museum aims to bring the era in which the great ship was built alive.
The museum is always a great place to visit because of the interactive way in which it brings history alive – and there’s plenty of room to roam around – and this exhibition recreates the daily life of the Belfast workers who built the ship, from what they wore to where they lived and what their working day was like.
A recreation of a carpenter's workshop and Kelly's coal yard shows what daily life was like and visitors can visit the post office to buy souvenir telegrams or drop into the printers for a Titanicticket and newspaper of the time.
At the silent cinema there are Titanicmovies and you can dress in Edwardian-style costumes and have your photo taken. Have a look at the website of the Ulster Folk Transport Museum, which is on the Bangor Road, Cultra, to see the extraordinary photos of the Titanic.
In Belfast there's a huge range of activities planned mainly in the Titanic Quarter to mark the centenary of the Titanic, including a boat tour of to see the Harland & Wolff Shipyard where the ship was built, an exhibition at Titanic's Dock Pump House and the city's first floating visitor attraction – a barge called the MV Confiance.
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