With more than 250 artifacts salvaged from the deep-sea wreck of the RMS Titanic on display, “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” in Boston plans to extend its stay in the city through Memorial Day weekend owing to popular demand.
The exhibition, which opened in October and was first announced in July 2024, has seen its weekend tickets sell out since its launch at The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza last fall. The exhibition was originally intended to run until Feb. 2 of this year.
Guests follow a largely chronological journey through the exhibition, starting from the ship’s construction, to life on the Titanic for different social classes, to the night of the sinking, and the aftermath for survivors and the deceased.
MassLive saw inside the exhibition during its opening week, where notable features include a meticulous recreation of the Titanic’s opulent Grand Staircase, featuring a glass dome, detailed wood carving and metalwork — along with recreations of first- and third-class cabin spaces.
The artifacts themselves vary greatly. They range from personal items of passengers and crew like jewelry, to decorative ornamentation like lighting fixtures, to physical parts of the ship like a piece of ship’s hull and a davit crane used to lower lifeboats during the sinking — all of which went down with the ship and were only brought back to the surface decades later.
RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) is the sole group with salvor-in-possession rights to the Titanic wreck, meaning only it can recover items from the wreckage. Since 1987, RMST has recovered and conserved more than 5,500 artifacts, with a mission to preserve the memory and legacy of the Titanic and those aboard for future generations.
RMST has two other permanent U.S. exhibitions in Las Vegas, Nevada and in Orlando, Florida. For Boston’s limited time exhibition, RMST is partnered with the Gold Group and Experiential Media Group (E/M Group).
Tickets to the exhibition are available on its website, with prices starting at $39.50 per adult and $27.50 for children ages 4 to 12.
The exhibition’s operating hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” is typically closed Monday and Tuesday, but has openings now available for these days during the February and April school vacation weeks as well as on the Memorial Day holiday itself, according to its website. The current last available date is Sunday, June 1.
The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza, the historic armory housing the exhibition, is located at 130 Columbus Ave. near the Boston Public Garden and Back Bay.
