In this video I give a brief overview and tour of the Titanic Museum in Orlando Florida! Support Historic Travels on Patreon / historictravels Check out the Historic Travels merch store! historic-travels.creator-spri...
Hi Sam. On behalf of "Officer Lightoller" and the entire team thank you for showcasing us! It is so rewarding when we hear that those who are as fascinated with Titanic as we are appreciate what we do! I agree with you that the best artifact is the telegraph. Not sure if you noticed but it is still in the position for the last order Murdoch gave stopping the engines. Gives me chills every day. Next time I hope you'll take our guided tour! Thanks again for visiting! Jim Q (aka Officer Charles Lightoller)
I visited this museum with my mom in 2011. One of the most emotional moment for me is the lifeboat scene. The tour guide made the female and male “passengers” separate and for a moment I was so deeply into the scenario that I was afraid of not seeing my mom forever and the male “passengers” were about to be left alone in the sinking ship. With the tour guides narratives and the chilling A/C running to simulate that horrific night. This experience is once a lifetime that one must try!
Yay! I work there. This makes me happy. That’s my FAVORITE artifact as well!! Crazy how the Telegraph is still hard of starboard position. Gives me chills. If you guys visit ask for Claudia I’ll make sure you’re taken care of! :)
My grandfather was a chief propulsion engineer for Harland and Wolff and helped design the triple expansion steam engines for Titanic. I saw an artifact exhibit in San Diego sone years ago and one of the first artifacts in display was a giant connecting rod from one of the engines my grandfather designed. I still get chills thinking about that.
There's a Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. When you enter you're given a ticket for a passenger (the employees are in WSL uniform) and after you complete the tour you find out whether the person whose ticket you hold died or survived. Among the things they have are a recreation of the ship's bridge in a darkened room with the temperature set to what it allegedly was on the night of the sinking (they also had water around the model that you could reach into and find out how cold it was), three slanted models of part of the stern you could climb up to find out what it was like to try and hold onto the ship before it split and, when I visited in 2016, they had recovered the violin used by the band, but told us it was bought by someone else and that they'd no longer have it. Haven't been there since, so can't confirm or deny that. But yeah, definitely worth checking that museum out if you get the opportunity.
I went there a couple of years ago and it was insane the amount of stuff they had. I want to go again. When I went, they were actually celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Titanic film
Me and my wife went earlier this year. I wanna say around March. Wallace Hartley's violin was still there. But, They said it would go to another museum sometime in April.
I went on a similar tour at the Las Vegas exhibition. I received the ticket of a 3rd class female passenger and at the end of the tour I found out she didn't survive ☹️ It was an excellent tour and RIP to those who lost their lives on that night
At the old location they had a room that was a mock up of the boat deck. It was kept at the same temperature as that night,the rail was at the same height to the water and the stars were all in the same place. The auto was playing was being steam released from the funnels ,you could hear people yelling and the davits lowering the lifeboats. I cried in that room.
I highly recommend you visit the Las Vegas exhibit as well. They not only have one of the smaller cherubs from the Grand Staircase landings but they have an actual piece of the floor, not just the tiles, on display. They also have the stand that used to hold the ship’s steering wheel on the bridge and windows from the first class lounge, along with the Big Piece of the hull, among other artifacts. It was absolutely humbling to see these artifacts in person and I’m sure someone with as much passion for this ship as you would appreciate it.
Vegas native here, and I concur: the Vegas exhibit is stunning. I cried while I was going through it, it was extremely eerie and humbling. Made it feel more real than it's ever felt to me before.
Great video, you should go to the museum in Belfast where the Titanic was built, its something else. Walking down her dry dock really makes you realise how magnificent she is.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was stunned by some of the artifacts. What really affected me was where they had that recreation of the iceburg. You could touch it and feel just how cold it actually was. They also had that deck area that was the same freezing temperature as the night of the sinking. That made it real for me. Thinking about all those people going into that freezing water made me very emotional. I hope to return someday. I went shortly after the museum opened, and I recommend it to everyone!
I love your videos. I was a Titanic geek all my life. I was a member of the Titanic historical society from 1975. I wanted the Titanic model back in the day. It was 50 bucks in 1975. I never thought ever, i would get it for Christmas. We had opened our presents and i was happy as any kid. Then Mum and Dad said,oh wait!close your eyes and put out your hands. That box was 2 and a half feet. I will never forget getting that. My Dad and i did the model together. Took 2 months.And my Nanny gave us one of the first fibre optic lights that had just come out. My Dad took it all apart. We used the long strings throughout the ship. First model that had lights. Best gift ever.
I confess I was curious as to why there might be a Titanic museum in Miami rather than say, New York...But its clearly someone's labour of love. What a great looking place! And Officer Lightoller was fantastic too, haha.
I like how the actor playing Lightoller nods his head in agreement when Sam is talking about how the lights dimming is historically accurate to the sinking
I’m a local but I went a few years ago with a friend from out of town. It’s so surreal seeing some of these pieces in person. I really loved walking out onto the boat deck and touching the iceberg. That moment gave me so many chills aside from it being extremely cold. Of course getting to go onto the grand staircase for a photograph with the captain was even more impressive. One of my favorite little museums in our tourist area. Definitely plan to go back next year and see it again when I have company in town.
I once visited a temporal Titanic museum in my home country in Puerto Rico at a mall in 2009. It was a must (obligatory) in my bucket list and my parents knew it that I wanted to go there lol. I didn't know how long it would stay before moving in someplace else or something, but in the end I eventually visited it that December 2009. It was an awesome experience seeing actual artifacts and that simulated iceberg thing that you could touch it and feel it. And everything at the gift shop was kind of too pricey, so the only thing I could buy is a pen with a little Titanic handcrafted model on the top end, pretty cute thing to own.
This was amazing to see and that they allowed it to be filmed:) I have visited the Vegas exhibit and I too was just stunned at what was recovered and is in that museum!..
They were super strict when I was there no photos etc but had mrs astors life belt and what the believe was part of the grand staircase, as well as a full grand staircase replica!
@@brianbrian4317 there were 2 places at the Pigeon Forge i could take pics a few months ago...one was the music room where Wallace Hartley's violin is and the other was the room where the Lego Titanic replica is
I went there in Nov of 2019. I got to touched a peace of the Titanic, It was a life long Dream of mine to touch a piece of the ship that I was obsessed with as a kid
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Not the big Piece, They didn't want that one touched lol, There was a plexie Glass Case near the exit door not to far from the Hull exhibit that had a round hole big enough to put your hand in and Touch a peace of metal from the Titanic, Now Specific piece mind you just a piece of metal.
I remember an old documentary showing the wheel still in place. Eerily, it was in the STOP position. They closed the show with it. That was a late eighties doco maybe? They must have recovered it well after, because it’s in much poorer condition than I remember.
For me, the Grand Staircase and the cold boat deck were the most impressive scenes of the visit. Also memorable was that the ticket you bought was essentially a ticket for Titanic's transatlantic crossing and had the name of an actual passenger and his travel class on it. At the end of the visit, were huge posters with the name of every crew member and passenger and you could check out if "you" were a survivor or one of the majority who drowned.
I visited a travelling Titanic museum as a school bus driver on a field trip in Phoenix. The kids were amazed at all the artifacts that had been down on the ocean floor for so long, and recovered. There was an example of how cold the water was that night which we all put our hands in----almost immediately went numb. The kids were rather somber by the time the tour was over. They realized the immensity of the tragedy, and some were even crying. These were 4th to 6th grade kids. (Jan Griffiths).
There’s hundreds of museums in Florida. We have dozens in the Orlando and central Florida area, including the Ford & Edison estate & museum and Ernest Hemingway Museum, among many others. I love the 40+ museums over in St Augustine FL. The oldest town in the country with a lot of history.
I'm wondering if they still had the "iceberg". Hubby and I went in 2000 during our honeymoon and several of the things you showed weren't there but several were. I think my fave piece was one of the life vest they had. It had blood on it. Don't think I'll ever forget that as long as I live. Anyway, the iceberg was basically a slab of ice affixed to the wall and the guide explained how cold the water was that night and how close this piece of "ice " was. They told us how long it took for people to freeze to death and said go and to keep our hands, palm facing, on the ice as long as possible. Nobody could come close to that number. It was so eye opening bc until you're that cold you can't understand cold.
when I went when I was younger and at the beginning they gave us all tickets with real passenger's names, and the 'loading' deck was much bigger and I remember it playing the captain's voice or someone yelling "All aboard!" and you could hear the seagulls and the horn blowing. We had our own tour guide, acting like a stewardess on board. We got to feel how cold the water was and felt of the 'ice burg'. One of the most amazing illusions they did was bring us all the way to the deck and you were surrounded by all these stars in the night sky and you could hear the waves crashing and feel how cold it was 'outside'. The tour guide told us to take a moment of silence for all the lost souls who didn't make it. And right near the end, they had a wall full of everyone's names on board, so you had to find your name from the ticket to see who you were and if you survived or not. I miss that one
Oh yea i went here once with my family on our way back from a vacation to Orlando Studios theme park; I even still have my Entry ticket from the museum as a souvenir from it. Great place to go overall.
The museum of science and industry in Chicago along time ago had the Titanic exhibit with a bunch of the artifacts and even the piece they brought up. They even had a small piece cut out and in a case for you to touch. So I’ve touched the Titanic. All the artifacts were super cool to see, and I remember it all from almost 20 years ago.
Wow I'm glad you mentioned this. I live in Chicago and my sophomore year in high school (20 years ago) I went and didn't have any Appreciation for that field trip as I would now. I forgot it was even at MSI in Chicago. I think it was a traveling exhibit and didn't stay very long. Recently I was in vegas and when to that one at the Luxor. I was a kid in a candy store 😅
I saw the traveling Titanic museum in Ft Worth Texas many years ago. We got one of those tickets with a passenger name and story. My passenger in First class died in the disaster.
I've been to the exhibition in Las Vegas, but I didn't have an appreciation or understanding of everything at the time. I really wonder how it would be to go today and see the artifacts, now having a better understanding of the Titanic.
I got goosebumps when I saw the main Telegraph. Just knowing we're looking at something that could have made or broke Titanic's history as it is today is incredible.
I had the pleasure of visiting that museum back in 2017 with my sisters. The docent we had at the time was a lovely young lady dressed as one of Titanic's first class passengers. Seeing all the artifacts and recreations was amazing. I especially loved the Grand Staircase. But the most impactful room for me was one of the last rooms of the tour, with all the names of the passengers sorted by class. At first, it was fun as we tried to find "our" names on the lists to see if we survived or not (everyone is given a card at the beginning with the name and short bio of a real passenger). But after, it was sobering to realize that each of those names was an actual person on board the Titanic that night, and that less than a third of them lived to see the next day.
That piece of the hull really gives a sense of the size engineering of the day. Reminds me of old bridges of the day that we still use but kinda cool to see part of Titanic built like that. Also, i totally understand your awe when you saw the telegraph. I have seen artefacts from history before and ones i had read about and known about certainly give you a strange feeling when you see them in person knowing who had once touched of stood in front of this object many years before. I got that awe seeing Da vinci Sketches. Diaries from ww1 trenches, some bronze aged jewellery found in my local area and part of plane Rudolph Hess flew to Scotland. Its a strange connection it can give you to the past
I went there this past weekend Thursday and Friday Thursday to walk around and Friday for the dinner show it's an amazing place plus I was only staying a walking distance from it Friendly staff and amazing actors
There was a piece of the hull at the exhibit I went to as well, but it was smaller, maybe 5 x 8 feet. We were allowed to touch it, and that made the Titanic come to life for us. (Jan Griffiths).
Years ago I went to a titanic exhibit in Victoria BC and I spent so much time in that section that I heard over the PA (name) "please come to the coat check", my dad had already walked through it ages ago lol but i wanted to soak up every minute
Did you attend the Titanic dinner portion of the museum? I saw another RU-vidr who went and it looked amazing. Everyone is also in character and have the same meal as the first class passengers ate that night. Really interesting
I live in Titusville, Florida and my boyfriend and I are going this weekend to the Titanic Museum. I’m obsessed with the Titanic and the era of the great ocean liners in general and I can’t believe I didn’t know that museum was in Orlando!
I did the dinner attraction at the museum it was very fun but by the end the actors did such a great job conveying the reality of what happened. By the end of it I was fighting back tears. The actors playing the Straus’s were very fun but also so good and when I started crying actually comforted me telling me that everyone there had had that moment when the wreck became tangible to them. They were so incredible and would love to go back
Hi Sam. Just wanted to thank you for making this video. I finally fulfilled a lifelong dream of going to a Titanic museum. I also went to the one in Orlando while I was visiting my aunt. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I couldn't believe I could even touch her. Thank you again.
I went to a Titanic exhibit in St. Petersburg Florida in around 2000. It was one of the first public exhibits with artifacts from the recovery. It was moving, but I'd like to go again, since I know a lot more now, thanks to your channel.
I do love it when staff who play people of the past are that in character. I have done work like that in my local museum playing Jane Austen's best friend. It does take skill to know whether or not visitors like you being in character, but the people that do like you being in character are my favourite visitors who make the shifts all the more enjoyable. It shows enthusiasm for their work. I hope I can come across the pond to Florida to see this museum. It looks great! After some research on my family tree I discovered I have cousin who was on board and worked as kitchen staff. I have always been interested in the titanic from a very young age, probably about 5, I had loads of books on it, and did get teased about it at school, but I never let that impact my interests!
Hi there. As... "a very close friend" of Officer Lightoller I'd love to learn more about your relative. I am looking for more characters to bring to life and really enjoy bringing lesser known stories to life. If you'd be willing to share your relatives story I'd love to.connect through my business social media. (Titanic is a part time passion gig.) I'm on FB and IG @SomethingNewStudioFL Thanks! Jim
I may be one of the few people who don't like the re-enacting encounters. They always make be feel self conscious because I hardly know what to say to these people.
Being on the bridge was the most eerie to me. Got the goosebumps. I was all alone. I almost felt something there with me. Have you been to the Pigeon Forge Titanic Museum?
Real question is did you touch that piece of the hull? I would’ve, might be a tad childish, but touching the actually hull would truly bring titanic into reality for me
If he would have touched it, he probably wouldn't tell, since it's not in the interest of the museum to 'invite' visitors to touch the Titanic artifacts.
I saw this place a few years ago. I'd just take the tour. The meal 🍽 & stage show is a bit much. You can see a lot. I was not thrilled with the green screen, 📸 area directly by the door 🤨 but the actors, staff are +. The 🚢 gets a lot of history & details.
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I’ve visited titanic’s birthplace,Belfast. Museum,stood in the dry dock etc. Would love to visit this museum though. Great videos, keep up the good work 👍
Now that would be weird for me, I used to work with her great nephew. Amazing lass who had the misfortune to experience sinking in both the Titanic and Britannic.
I'm really enjoying these videos..nice work and you clearly enjoy your work which brings an enthusiasm to the piece..it still makes me go cold when I think about the whole disaster..and it never seems to lose that eerie quality
As usual, a wonderful video; & many thanks :) Also, as I'm sure you noted, it is a little regrettable (but understandable) that 'Mr Lightoller' said "Scotland Yard"
Oh wow 🤩 what a tour! I remember when I went to a Titanic exhibit in London years ago where I actually touched a small piece of the Titanic’s hull that was recovered from the wreck. I got the shivers touching it like my spine was shivering as if I was down in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. I’ll never ever forget that. Anyway, I really loved the museum in Orlando (and btw, the actor who played Charles Lightoller was amazing). I’m going to make a trip to the titanic museum in Orlando once I return for a trip into Walt Disney World in the near future. I would love to explore Orlando a bit more and the museum is on the top of my list! 😀🦋✨
Hey Sam, Great job once more! Seems like it was a awesome experience! Seeing the telegraph must have been amazing! Thanks again and keep up the great work! Looking forward to your next video! 😎👍
I went to a couple of Titanic artifact exhibits and they seem to be getting better & better as more artifacts are being recovered. I last went to one in 2012 during the 100th anniversary of the sinking.
I’ve been to the Titanic Museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and I will be going to the one in Las Vegas, Nevada next week. It’s surreal to see the artifacts.
