A new exhibition in Boston welcomes guests to travel back in time, following the journey of passengers and crew aboard the RMS Titanic with genuine artifacts on display from the ship’s ill-fated maiden voyage — items resurfaced from the shipwreck deep under the Atlantic Ocean. Called " Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition ," the traveling gallery showcases nearly 250 items from parts of the ship itself to personal belongings of passengers, all of which have been recovered by RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST), in addition to lifelike recreations of spaces where passengers and crew would’ve spent their days onboard.
RMST is the only company permitted by law to recover artifacts from the Titanic wreck site, having been granted salvor-in-possession rights. It has conducted nine expeditions to recover these items from the seafloor since 1987, shortly after the wreck of the Titanic was first discovered in 1985. Its most recent expedition was this summer.
Tomasina Ray, the director of collections and the president of RMST, recently led MassLive through a tour of the Boston exhibition, which opened in mid-October and will run until Feb. 2, 2025. “We definitely want people to find something that excites them,” Ray said.
“We want them to find another way into the story [of the Titanic]. Something that makes them more curious, and then something they’re excited to tell their friends and family about as well.” The exhibition is currently housed within The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza.