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01/09/2026

Almost none of the Titanic's wood survives on the seabed. So how do we have a piece of the aft grand staircase?

The answer is that this fragment never reached the wreck. At nearly 3,800 metres down, wood doesn't last. Wood-boring molluscs and bacteria consume it, which is why the timber interiors that made Titanic so famous have almost entirely vanished from the ocean floor.

This piece survived because it broke free as the ship went down and floated. In the weeks after the sinking, the cable ship Minia was chartered to recover debris and victims from the surface of the North Atlantic. This fragment was among what was brought back.

So the reason you can stand in front of it today is the same reason it exists at all: it was lifted from the water, not the wreck.

Which detail surprised you most - the depth, or the recovery?

31/08/2026

Titanic is coming to Leicester.

Titanic in 101 Objects arrives at Leicester Racecourse this October - the story of the Titanic and the people connected to her, told through 101 real objects.

It runs from 8 to 18 October, a short window to catch it while it's in the city.

Tickets and full details: titanictickets.com/leicester

Will you be paying a visit?

31/08/2026

Just a reminder that our Early Bird Ticket Sale has still got 1 week left! Buy your Tickets for Farnborough and Edinburgh by midnight on Monday 7th to secure the lowest prices!

Head to www.titanictickets.com

A second wave of early bird tickets is now live for Titanic Exhibition Farnborough and Titanic Exhibition Edinburgh.

So many time slots sold out in the first release that we've opened up more - and we've held early bird pricing until midnight on Monday 7 September so there's time to book the slot you want.

Farnborough runs 23 October to 21 November. Edinburgh runs 28 November to 14 February. Early bird prices apply to both while this second wave lasts.

Farnborough: titanictickets.com/farnborough
Edinburgh: titanictickets.com/edinburgh

Which city are you planning to visit?

29/08/2026

Bringing the kids along? Many of our Titanic exhibitions have activities to keep younger visitors exploring.

There's a free kids' activity sheet to work through as you go round, Jenny the Cat's audio guide tour for children (available as a paid add-on), and a letter-writing desk where they can write their own letter on Titanic letterhead paper to take home.

It's a way for children to follow the story at their own pace, alongside the artefacts and the history.

Which would yours head for first - the activity trail or the writing desk?

Book at www.titanictickets.com

28/08/2026

Payday's arrived, and the Titanic ticket office is open.

Do something with it you'll remember: book your place at one of our Titanic exhibitions.

Head to www.titanictickets.com

27/08/2026

🎟️ COMPETITION: Win 4 tickets to Titanic in 101 Objects

We're giving away four tickets to our strictly limited Leicester run - one prize, four seats, your chance to see the collection together.

Titanic in 101 Objects comes to The Kube at Leicester Racecourse from 8-18 October. Among the objects on display: a cream jug recovered from the Café Parisien and what is believed to be the largest surviving fragment of the aft Grand Staircase.

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Entries close at midnight on Thursday 3 September. We'll announce the winner on Saturday 5 September.

Can't wait for the draw? Book at www.titanictickets.com/leicester

Which object would you most want to see in person?

T&Cs: This competition is not affiliated with, endorsed or administered by Meta. The prize is 4 complimentary tickets to Titanic in 101 Objects at Leicester Racecourse, 8-18 October 2026. Tickets are valid for this exhibition only, non-transferable, and cannot be exchanged for cash or resold. A winner will be picked at random.

27/08/2026

The Titanic's lifejackets were made of cork.

Not foam, not rubber - blocks of cork, sewn into canvas and tied across the chest. More than three and a half thousand of them were aboard, and by every account they worked. Almost everyone pulled from the water that night, whether they lived or not, was kept afloat by one.

There was a cruelty in the design, though. The cork was so buoyant that jumping into the sea wearing a lifejacket could knock a person unconscious as they hit the water.

Cork kept people afloat. What it couldn't do was keep them warm - the water was close to freezing, and for most of those in the sea, that was what proved fatal.

Had you ever pictured them being made of cork?

26/08/2026

A second wave of early bird tickets is now live for Titanic Exhibition Farnborough and Titanic Exhibition Edinburgh.

So many time slots sold out in the first release that we've opened up more - and we've held early bird pricing until midnight on Monday 7 September so there's time to book the slot you want.

Farnborough runs 23 October to 21 November. Edinburgh runs 28 November to 14 February. Early bird prices apply to both while this second wave lasts.

Farnborough: titanictickets.com/farnborough
Edinburgh: titanictickets.com/edinburgh

Which city are you planning to visit?

25/08/2026

When the Titanic sank, the story of her artefacts was only beginning.

In the days after the disaster, the cable ship Minia was sent out to the wreck site to recover victims. Alongside the 17 she brought home, the Minia also returned with pieces of Titanic's wreckage - among them this deck chair, thought to have been thrown overboard as the ship went down.

The chair was taken to a warehouse in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it might have rested quietly for decades. But on 6 December 1917, the SS Mont-Blanc - loaded with wartime explosives - collided with another ship in Halifax harbour, caught fire and detonated. At least 1,782 people were killed and around 9,000 injured. It was the largest human-made explosion the world had seen up to that point.

This fragment of the chair's left seat rail is one of the few pieces to survive. Almost nothing else remains, except two of its legs, which are now owned by James Cameron, director of the 1997 film "Titanic".

One deck chair - a shipwreck, a recovery mission and one of history's great explosions - and it's still here to see.

Book tickets: www.titanictickets.com

23/08/2026

Step aboard and discover the Titanic. Walk through her story from the moment she left Southampton, told through original artefacts and the accounts of the people who sailed on her.

Titanic Exhibition comes to Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre from 23 October to 21 November. It's a chance to get closer to the ship, her passengers and crew, and the night that changed everything.

Early bird tickets are available until 31 August. Book at titanictickets.com/farnborough.

What draws you most to the story of the Titanic?