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I got home about an hour ago after spending a couple hours at the Science Center of Iowa. They have an IMAX theater. The screen is a dome shape that goes above your head and in front down to the floor.
They were showing a Titanic documentary. It wasn't the best Titanic documentary I've ever seen as far as content, but visually it was amazing. There was this research vessel and they showed the side as a wave came up over the ship and you felt like you were about to get hit by it.
After the film there was an exhibition of Titanic artifacts. We were given these cards that were replicas of the boarding pass they had in 1912. On the boarding pass was the name of an actual passenger and a little info on that person.
I got a woman Mrs. Allen Oliver Becker (Nellie E. Baumgardner) She was in second class and was traveling from India where she and her missionary husband lived with their children. She was traveling to the United States for medical treatment for her son.
Near the end of the exhibit there was a list of those saved and not saved. She was listed among the saved.
There were also some pictures of various people and a little about them. One had me almost in tears. A woman refused to leave the ship because her sons who were 14 and 16 were considered men and weren't aloud to go with her. They were separated and she was pushed onto one of the lifeboats. Her sons did not survive.
Now I have to figure out what to have for dinner.
They were showing a Titanic documentary. It wasn't the best Titanic documentary I've ever seen as far as content, but visually it was amazing. There was this research vessel and they showed the side as a wave came up over the ship and you felt like you were about to get hit by it.
After the film there was an exhibition of Titanic artifacts. We were given these cards that were replicas of the boarding pass they had in 1912. On the boarding pass was the name of an actual passenger and a little info on that person.
I got a woman Mrs. Allen Oliver Becker (Nellie E. Baumgardner) She was in second class and was traveling from India where she and her missionary husband lived with their children. She was traveling to the United States for medical treatment for her son.
Near the end of the exhibit there was a list of those saved and not saved. She was listed among the saved.
There were also some pictures of various people and a little about them. One had me almost in tears. A woman refused to leave the ship because her sons who were 14 and 16 were considered men and weren't aloud to go with her. They were separated and she was pushed onto one of the lifeboats. Her sons did not survive.
Now I have to figure out what to have for dinner.
