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Titanic in Calgary
Apr. 15th, 2011 05:09 pmThe Calgary Science Centre is hosting one of the roving RMS Titanic Artifact Exhibits. This was, in fact, the same artifact exhibit I saw in Victoria in 2007.
Except this one seemed much smaller - like a bunch of the artifacts got left out due to some severe space restraints. The Science Center does not have a lot of room for exhibits. Is this why they're using the space now (before the Science Centre's move to their new digs)? Because they could maximize the space available and achieve some kind of minimum required by the exhibitor? If the new space had bigger exhibition space, I'd have preferred them to wait a year.
Anyway, this was different from other times I've gone in that I listened to a guide. Larry had lots of good Titanic stories that I hadn't heard before, so this was somewhat educational. Watching it I did get the feeling that it's something I could do - I've got lots of Titanic stories and a loud booming voice.
After the walk through, we went to the Science Centre's theatre for a presentation by Titanic historian Wayne MacDonald. There was also a draw for a print signed by Millvina Dean! It's probably a good thing I didn't win - I suspect RP would have mugged me for it.
After the presentation, the four of us (myself, RP,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
danceintheabyss and TA) went back to the exhibit and wandered around checking things out at our leisure. We also got to talk to some people involved with the exhibit - one lady showed us how to use a replica sextant and another showed my on a set of schematics where "my" stateroom was (you're given a boarding pass with the name of someone on Titanic - if historians know what stateroom you're in, it's listed). Apparently I had the shittiest room in first class. It was next to the engine room at the bottom of the first class decks.
Afterward we checked out the gift shop. This would be my third attempt to buy the schematics of the ship and the third time the gift shop in question was sold out. Alas.
All-in-all a pleasant evening spent on a hobby I don't get to indulge very often.
Except this one seemed much smaller - like a bunch of the artifacts got left out due to some severe space restraints. The Science Center does not have a lot of room for exhibits. Is this why they're using the space now (before the Science Centre's move to their new digs)? Because they could maximize the space available and achieve some kind of minimum required by the exhibitor? If the new space had bigger exhibition space, I'd have preferred them to wait a year.
Anyway, this was different from other times I've gone in that I listened to a guide. Larry had lots of good Titanic stories that I hadn't heard before, so this was somewhat educational. Watching it I did get the feeling that it's something I could do - I've got lots of Titanic stories and a loud booming voice.
After the walk through, we went to the Science Centre's theatre for a presentation by Titanic historian Wayne MacDonald. There was also a draw for a print signed by Millvina Dean! It's probably a good thing I didn't win - I suspect RP would have mugged me for it.
After the presentation, the four of us (myself, RP,
danceintheabyss and TA) went back to the exhibit and wandered around checking things out at our leisure. We also got to talk to some people involved with the exhibit - one lady showed us how to use a replica sextant and another showed my on a set of schematics where "my" stateroom was (you're given a boarding pass with the name of someone on Titanic - if historians know what stateroom you're in, it's listed). Apparently I had the shittiest room in first class. It was next to the engine room at the bottom of the first class decks.Afterward we checked out the gift shop. This would be my third attempt to buy the schematics of the ship and the third time the gift shop in question was sold out. Alas.
All-in-all a pleasant evening spent on a hobby I don't get to indulge very often.
