Marine Museum at Fall River

Coordinates: 41°42′10″N 71°09′49″W / 41.702779°N 71.163648°W / 41.702779; -71.163648

The Marine Museum at Fall River
Location	70 Water Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Type	Maritime museum

The Marine Museum at Fall River in Fall River, Massachusetts is a historical and nautical museum with memorabilia, artifacts, and ship models of the Fall River Line and RMS Titanic. The museum houses a diverse collection which includes more than 150 scale models, 30,000 photographs, videos, uniforms, audio recordings and more.^[1] The museum also claims to host one of the largest Titanic exhibitions in the world, which includes a 28-foot (8.5-meter) long scale model of the RMS Titanic used in Twentieth-Century-Fox's 1953 film Titanic.^[2][3] The museum also houses models of the Fall River Line (which operated from 1847 to 1937), a fleet of steamships that carried passengers from New York and Boston to summer homes in Newport. Other exhibits follow the history of steam power at sea. The museum also sponsors a regular program of special events.

Notable items and exhibits

• A 28-foot model of RMS Titanic
• A cork life vest worn by survivor Madeleine Astor, new bride of John Jacob Astor IV, who was lost
• Wooden chair from the Titanic's Turkish Bath, retrieved from the ocean by a ship chartered by White Star Line to retrieve bodies.
• A section of the Titanic's wooden deck railing
• Hand-penned letter written by third-class survivor Gus Cohen aboard the Carpathia, describing the events of the sinking
• Carpeting that was used in a Titanic stateroom
• The "Molly Brown" medal that was presented to the ship's surgeon of the Carpathia
• Jewellery and personal effects belonging to survivors while on board the Titanic
• Videos and photographs from the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution discovery expedition^[4]

References

1. ^ Planetware website
2. ^ New England Travel Planner website
3. ^ "History of Titanic Movies" - Media Awareness Network
4. ^ Battleship Cove website