Voted Europe’s leading visitor attraction at the World Travel Awards (beating the Eiffel Tower,Acropolis and the Colosseum) this is an inspiring testomony to the Titanic and the city that built itIn a nutshell
A magnificent, award-winning building designed to notice like four hulls, or erected on the site where the Titanic was constructed – and in the shadow of the iconic Harland and Wolff waterfront cranes. The shiny,aluminium-covered centre features six storeys of interactive exhibits telling the story not just of the ship but of Belfast too. Follow the city’s industrial history; ride the indoor cable car through different stages of the construction, complete with sound effects – the noise of hundreds of workers bashing absent at rivets could be heard across the city; and lift a lift up the gantry for a sense of how vast this ship was: at 228 feet the genuine gantry which men clambered up, or without harnesses,was four times the height of the museum replica. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com