Titanic Exhibition Draws 300,000

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The exhibition opened on September 1, 2007 and was to have closed at the end of November, but it was extended for another two months to accommodate the large number of visitors.

The artefacts in the exhibition were retrieved by the Robert Ballard exhibition, which discovered the wreck in 1985 and spent several years bringing objects up some 4,000 metres to the surface.
 
The Titanic, the largest ocean liner of its time, ran into an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank on April 14, 1912, leaving more than 1,500 of its passengers drowned.
 
The exhibition showed fantastically preserved porcelain and crystal service used on the ship as well as personal artefacts, such as eyeglasses, wallets and clothing. Together, the objects told a story.
 
 The exhibition of some 300 objects from the ship has opened at venues in 18 countries since 1991 and been seen by some 16 million people.