Titanic events

An afternoon of creative fun inspired by the world's most famous ship - Titanic.

Suitable for: all visitors, family-friendly

Dates:

• Tuesday 14 February 2012 1-4pm
• Wednesday 15 February 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 25 March 2012 1-4pm
• Tuesday 3 April 2012 1-4pm
• Wednesday 4 April 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 7 April 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 14 April 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 22 April 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 6 May 2012 1-4pm
• Monday 7 May 2012 1-4pm
• Wednesday 6 June 2012 1-4pm

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An original musical retelling of the Titanic story by The Mersey Riggers.

Suitable for: all visitors

Dates:

• Saturday 25 February 2012 1.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 7 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 14 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm

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Our resident demonstrator reveals the facts and myths surrounding the sinking of the world famous Titanic.

Suitable for: all visitors, family-friendly

Dates:

• Sunday 4 March 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 17 March 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 7 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Tuesday 10 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Wednesday 11 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 14 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Sunday 15 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Saturday 19 May 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Sunday 27 May 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Thursday 7 June 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm

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Emily Broughton Williams was sailing first class on the fateful maiden voyage of the Titanic with her companion Ruby. Hear her fascinating account of life on board and the horrors of the sinking.

Suitable for: all visitors, adults, family-friendly

Dates:

• Sunday 4 March 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm

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Discover the facts and myths surrounding the sinking of the Titanic with our resident demonstrator.

Suitable for: all visitors, adults, family-friendly

Dates:

• Saturday 31 March 2012 1-4pm
• Monday 7 May 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 20 May 2012 1-4pm
• Wednesday 6 June 2012 1-4pm

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The story of Titanic survivor Charles Joughin who worked as a baker on board the fated liner. He can tell a tale or two but do you believe him?

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Saturday 31 March 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 1 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 15 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Saturday 21 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm

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Listen to the beautiful voices of the Liverpool Welsh Choral Society and their tribute to Titanic.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Saturday 31 March 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm
• Sunday 1 April 2012 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm

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Our roleplayer plays Bruce Ismay's daughter, who wants to set the record straight about what happened to her father after the fateful night in 1912.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Sunday 1 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Thursday 5 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 8 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Thursday 12 April 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 20 May 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 10 June 2012 1, 2 and 3pm
• Sunday 24 June 2012 1, 2 and 3pm

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Find out about the music surrounding the Titanic and the period in which she sailed in this fun filled session.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Monday 2 April 2012 1-4pm
• Monday 9 April 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 19 May 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 14 July 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 21 July 2012 1-4pm

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Painting workshop inspired by our fabulous exhibition Titanic and Liverpool: the untiold story.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Tuesday 3 April 2012 1-4pm
• Wednesday 4 April 2012 1-4pm

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An interesting look at the fashions aboard the Titanic. Learn about the people that might have worn them and even give them a try yourself.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Thursday 5 April 2012 10am
• Thursday 12 April 2012 10am
• Saturday 28 April 2012 10am
• Saturday 12 May 2012 10am
• Saturday 26 May 2012 10am
• Friday 8 June 2012 10am

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Storytelling activities for young visitors based on the children's book 'Polar - the Titanic Bear'. Titanic survivor Daisy Corning Stone Spedden originally wrote this story for her son Douglas.

Suitable for: early years, all visitors, family-friendly

Dates:

• Friday 6 April 2012 1-4pm
• Thursday 12 April 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 21 April 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 26 May 2012 1-4pm
• Saturday 14 July 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 15 July 2012 1-4pm

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Help our editor create the front page of a newspaper reporting the Titanic disaster, with headlines, artists' impressions and facts

Suitable for: all visitors, family-friendly

Dates:

• Monday 9 April 2012 1-4pm
• Tuesday 10 April 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 15 April 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 22 April 2012 1-4pm

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An opportunity to find out more about the original documents related to the sinking of the Titanic in the Maritime Archives and Library.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Friday 20 April 2012 11am

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It was historian Walter Lord in the film 'A Night to Remember' (1955) who described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. This lecture by John Welshman builds on this famous account to include first, second, and third class passengers; women as well as men; children as well as adults; crew members as well as passengers; and people from countries other than Britain and America. As well as exploring themes such as the ship's construction, social class, migration and radio, Dr Welshman will investigate passenger’s histories and hopes and ask who survived and why? And who perished?
John Welshman is author of 'Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town' (Oxford University Press, 2012).
This talk is part of the Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series organised by Continuing Education (History) at the University of Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 2 May 2012 1pm

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When the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was formally inaugurated in 1899 it was the first of its kind in the world. In this lecture Professor David Molyneux of the LSTM tells the story of this pioneering institution in the context of empire and the challenge to understand and overcome tropical disease in the Edwardian era.
This talk is part of the Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series organised by Continuing Education (History) at the University of Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 9 May 2012 1pm

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The British Empire in West Africa was essentially a group of territories held together by steam shipping: Imperial power and culture was sustained through the flow of goods carried on steamers. As a chief engineer on the steam ships of Elder Dempster and Co, Arnold Ridyard was responsible for keeping these ‘tools of empire’ moving. He also contributed thousands of objects to the collections of National Museums Liverpool. In this lecture Zachary Kingdon, curator of African collections at World Museum, will discuss Ridyard's remarkable collecting operation on behalf of National Museums Liverpool and illustrate the significant extent to which his collecting operation, and his range of contacts along the Western coast of Africa, reflected the nature of empire

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 16 May 2012 1pm

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When the Titanic set sail on 10 April 1912, on board were women for whom the wearing of fashionable, beautiful clothes was a way to signify their own status and that of their families. In this lecture Pauline Rushton, curator of costumes and textiles, will guide us through the fashions worn by women and their significance in the elegant Edwardian era, including clothes worn by women in Liverpool in the period 1910-1914.

This talk is part of the Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series organised by Continuing Education (History) at the University of Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 23 May 2012 1pm

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Founded in 1907, the Boy Scouts soon became the biggest youth movement in Britain – as they are to this day. Influenced by the eccentric personality of founder Lord Baden-Powell, scouting was coloured by ideas of chivalry, a love of nature born of folk craft and a frontier evocation of Empire and British nationalism. It was little surprise that an event of the magnitude of the sinking of the Titanic caught the imagination of the organisation and even became the subject of a campfire song. This lecture by social historian Dr Sam Pryke will explore the rise of the early scout movement and specifically how the Titanic was covered in the two Scout publications of the day: ‘The Scout’ and ‘Headquarters Gazette’.
This talk is part of the Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series organised by Continuing Education (History) at the University of Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 30 May 2012 1pm

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Put yourself in the picture. Create yourself in the image of a Titanic passenger in the clothes of the time.

Suitable for: all visitors, family-friendly

Dates:

• Saturday 9 June 2012 1-4pm
• Sunday 10 June 2012 1-4pm

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Did you know that news of the sinking of the Titanic was first communicated not by the telegraph but by the global network of spirit mediums, who received ethereal communications faster than radio waves? Did you know that of the numerous Ancient Egyptian artefacts that sank on the Titanic, there was a rumour that the notorious Unlucky Mummy of
the British Museum was secretly on board and had cursed the voyage? Many spooky stories circulated in the wake of the catastrophe. Many were connected with one of the most famous Englishman on the boat, the world-famous sensational journalist and advocate of spiritualism,
William T Stead, one of the heroic martyrs of the voyage. In his talk Roger Luckhurst will explore Stead's extraordinary career, his obsession with predicting shipping disasters, and his fateful love of the latest technological marvel that led him to leap at the chance of a first-class berth on the Titanic.

Roger Luckhurst’s latest book, ‘The Mummy’s Curse: A New Cultural History’, will be published in 2012.

This talk is part of the Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series organised by Continuing Education (History) at the University of Liverpool and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Suitable for: adults, all visitors

Dates:

• Wednesday 13 June 2012 1pm

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To mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, this compelling new exhibition will explore Liverpool's central role in the Titanic story. The exhibition will feature previously unseen collections of international significance including material from Merseyside Maritime Museum's extensive archives. It will complement the museum's existing permanent gallery, the hugely popular Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress.

Do you have a Titanic tale to tell? We'd love to hear from anyone who knows about Liverpool connections to the tragic ship. Find out more on the blog.

The end date of this exhibition is not yet confirmed but it will open on 30 March 2012 and run for at least a year.

Suitable for: all visitors

Dates:

• Friday 30 March 2012 - end date to be confirmed

Find out more about Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story

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