Titanic Belfast now boasts a pocket watch frozen at the time its wearer entered the water and a violin belonging to one of the musicians – who played on as the Titanic sank
Titanic Belfast is to reopen on Saturday exhibiting some of the rarest pieces of memorabilia from the ship in the world.
Also on display is a life jacket from an unknown victim which is one of only 12 now remaining from the 3,500 that were onboard.Chief executive of Titanic Belfast Judith Owens, MBE, said: “We are honoured to have been entrusted to display these extremely rare artefacts connected to RMS Titanic’s story.
Titanic Belfast was able to add these artefacts due to a £4.5million investment fund from Titanic Belfast Gallery Refreshment Fund and Maritime Belfast Trust.
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