Exhibitions Travel back in time in an exhibition about the Titanic

"Titanic - The exhibition, real objects, true stories" sends visitors on a journey back in time to the passenger liner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

At the exhibition center in Lausanne, visitors can travel to the Titanic. In addition to around 200 originals that divers have retrieved from the depths and replicas of places on the passenger liner, video projections in particular allow visitors to immerse themselves in the legendary past.

The journey through time begins with the construction of the ship, takes you on board and into life there, and tells the story of how the ship sank. The efforts to locate the wreck and salvage objects from a depth of over 3800 meters are also explored.

The exhibition tells the stories of crew members and passengers, including anecdotes. In addition, the individual fates are to be interwoven with the history of the 20th century, as Vincent Sager told the media on Thursday. Sager is the director of Opus One, the organizer of the exhibition at the Beaulieu in Lausanne.

For the exhibition, a "focus" has been placed on the Swiss passengers of the Titanic, Sager continued. Until now, it was assumed that the Titanic had 27 passengers from Switzerland on board. But it was only discovered this year that there were 28. "This 28th passenger was a second-class stewardess from Rolle," says Sager.

The Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton in England to New York on April 10, 1912. The most luxurious and modern passenger ship at the time, which was considered unsinkable, collided with an iceberg at 11.40 p.m. on April 14 and sank three hours later. Around 1500 people died, 711 were rescued.

"Titanic - The exhibition, real objects, true stories" has already been on display in Paris and Brussels. It can now be experienced at the Beaulieu Exhibition Center in Lausanne until 26 January.

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