Track Titanic's journey on the map on the outdoor plaza where light tiles represent the sea and the dark tiles represent the land. Embedded into the slipways are two life-size outlines of Titanic and Olympic's main deck illuminated by blue light, echoing the scale of the Great Gantry and the Olympic-class sisters.įrom above, Titanic Belfast is a star shaped building, representing the logo of White Star Line. The lamp posts represent the stanchions of Arrol Gantry, one of the world's largest cranes. The names of the dead are permanently set in vertical glass panels on the slipways. Visit the Titanic Memorial Garden on the Olympic slipway where four grass lawns alternate with timber decking to illustrate the proportion of Titanic's victims and survivors from each of the passenger classes and crew. Walk down the very slipway where Titanic was constructed and explore a life size plan ofTitanic's Promenade Deck which is inlaid in white stone.ĭiscover the positions of the liner's lifeboats and funnels and have a seat at one of the benches positioned exactly as they would have been on board the deck of Titanic. Titanic Belfast stands at the head of the historic slipways where Titanic and Olympic were built and from where these famous ships were first launched into the water. The journey goes beyond the aftermath of the sinking, to the discovery of the wreck and continues into the present day with a live undersea exploration centre. Titanic Belfast® extends over nine galleries, with multiple dimensions to the exhibition, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features to explore the Titanic story in a fresh and insightful way from her conception in Belfast in the early 1900s, through her construction and launch, to her infamous maiden voyage and catastrophic demise.

Belfast titanic slipways