encyclopedia titanica

In telling the ofttold tale of engineering hubris and an iceberg in the night the shows organizers and designers feed the publics sturdy appetite for Titanic lore and kitsch They do it by merging some 300 relics with reconstructed spaces from the ship theatrically dramatic lighting ambient sound and period music photomurals video and handson details The viewers sensory pleasure is foremost throughout right down to a freezercooled iceberg you can walk up to and touch Everything here is meant to seduce and entertain with a pinch of education as a bonus and much of the show succeeds in doing just that