3/27/10: COSI Columbus -Titanic

Where: 333 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
Cost: Titanic + Exhibits + Live Shows Adult-$23.75 Youth-$16.75 $21.75 Member- $8.00 Adult $7.00 Youth
Hours: Monday through Saturday:10:00am to 5:00pm Sundays: 12:00pm to 6:00pm


***SIDE NOTE FROM TIM***COSI is a wonderful, magical place that I have had the amazing opportunity to volunteer at off and on since sometime around the summer of 2001. (Tonee: Hey, I was there from February 2000 to August 2004, and I'm going back soon, too!) COSI will get a full post in the future. I just felt that since the Titanic exhibit is here for a limited time, it deserved a post before the beginning of the summer. Also, Twitter comes up in this and if you don't follow me, Tonee, or COSI right now I'd like to you to. Our Twitter IDs are ,respectively, tkennedy3, timeracer and COSICols. Add us now!!! I'll wait...........done yet? Good. On to the blog!!

I was lucky enough to win ticket to the exhibit not once, but twice on Twitter. The first event was the press preview day. Had I known I could have taken pictures, I would have. But, I didn't until I was at the Grand Staircase and all I had was my iPhone. So, here is my one picture from the event.

It's breathtaking to see this recreation. There are other recreations in the exhibit. There is a 1st class stateroom and passageway, a 3rd class room and passageway, a watertight door, and a coal bunker. All very stunning.




That's right. Tim and Tonee on the Grand Staircase with Captain Smith!!!

The exhibit is very moving. You get to see things that spent the better part of 90 years under almost 3,800 meters of water. The ad for the exhibit from COSI shows some of the artifacts that you can see. There was a pair of spectacles that even had one of the lenses still in it! One thing that really hit me hard was one of the lifeboat davits. It makes a moving point.

Another thing that makes this tragedy from 90+ years epic is that when you first get into the exhibit, you get a card of a passenger. You get a brief bio about them and see where they stayed. You don't tend to think about it again until you get to the end and you see the list of passengers and crew that survived and perished. I died both times. The first time I was a third class male. I knew the odds were against me. Second time through, I was a fist class male. I felt I might have a chance this time. Nope. Died again. (Tonee: I was a first class woman and still died, although thanks to the book I bought in the gift shop and had autographed, I know I died valiantly!)

It's a mind blowing exhibit. They really pull you into the saga of the RMS Titanic. You really have to experience it.Part of it is my bias from being involved with COSI and part of it is that it was an epic time in history. Mildly related final thought, I would have never lasted in Edwardian society. Constantly chaining clothes throughout the day. Lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and after dinner would all have different clothing required.







Videos from the exhibit