Museums and Exhibits In Manhattan: Check These Out !

I love museums and exhibits. Be it works of art, relics from the past or science and technology, I simply adore them. The Smithsonian in D.C. would be the grandest for me. But for the time being, here are my latest finds.


Bodies: The Exhibition
Ah, the wonders of science. It was difficult to eat anything that is "meat" after seeing this exhibit. But on the whole, the exhibit is great and very informative. There are doctors in frocks (I presume they're real ones and not curators) inside the exhibit ready to take any questions from the guests. Location: Lower Manhattan. And since you're in the area, you can also check out the World Trade Center Memorial which is a few blocks from the seaport.


Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
This exhibit features the largest Titanic artifact collection and never before seen treasures. It's a journey to 1912 - the year when the "unsinkable" sank. At the entrance, you will be given a boarding pass. The name indicated on the ticket is the name of the actual passenger who went on board the Titanic. Now, at the end of the exhibit, you have to find out whether your "passenger" survived the tragedy or perished in the sea.

My ticket says passenger, Helene Ragnhild Ostby. She was 22 and hailed from Rhode Island. Her story?

Helene and her father Engelhart went to Europe every year to keep up with the latest trends in the jewelry business in which Engelhart worked. In 1912, they also included a tour in North Africa.

Passenger fact: Helene and her father always traveled on White Star Line ships. They looked forward to comparing Titanic to the other shops in the fleet.

The description above is taken from the ticket a.k.a. boarding pass given to me by the staff at the entrance. Miss Ostby survived the Titanic.

Location: Times Square

Schedules and ticket prices are available at their websites.

Sorry, cameras weren't allowed inside the exhibit. So, no photos to share.