As the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic approaches on April 15, 1912, there are numerous memorials, exhibitions, and events planned to commemorate the disaster. These include Titanic cruises retracing its route, museum exhibits of artifacts recovered from the wreck site, and the opening of the Titanic Belfast visitor center - billed as the world's largest Titanic experience. The anniversary also marks the release of auction catalogs containing objects recovered from the sunken ocean liner.

2. As the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic approaches
— it struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912 — a plethora of
memorials and events are planned. There are Titanic cruises
that will follow the path of the ill-fated ocean liner; an
exhibition at the National Geographic Museum in Washington;
a touring artifact exhibit in the U.S.; the re-release of James
Cameron’s blockbuster “Titanic” in 3D; an auction of items
recovered from the sunken ship; a new Sea City museum in
the English port of Southampton, where Titanic picked up
passengers and began its final voyage; and the opening of
the world’s largest “Titanic experience” in Belfast, Northern
Ireland.

3. A poster advertises the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage. (The New York Times)

4. Workmen stand next to the screws of the RMS Titanic at a shipyard in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. (The New York Times)

5. The hulls of the RMS Titanic, left, and of her sister ship, the RMS Olympic, are
surrounded by construction scaffolding at a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (The
New York Times)

6. Workers leave the Harland & Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, where the Titanic was built. The
ship is visible in the background of this 1911 photograph. (Harland & Wolff
Collection/Cox Newspapers)

7. A 1912 advert for the Titanic. Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms .

8. The Titanic as it left on its first & final voyage from South Hampton in 1912.Source:
Library of Congress

9. The Titanic departs Belfast on April 2, 1912 for its first sea trial. Eight days later it
began its maiden and final voyage. (Palm Beach Post files)

11. The Titanic shown just outside London on its fateful voyage in 1912. CP PHOTO

12. A photograph Captain Smith (second from right in front), the captain of the Titanic and all
of his officers.Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms

13. An old photograph of Captain Smith, who went down with the Titanic. Beside him, his
first officer, McElroy.Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms

14. A photograph the Titanic's coal bunkers filled with workers. This image was taken prior to
the Titanic's maiden voyage. Afour pound lump of coal from boiler room No. 1, where all
the firemen did their duty till the end, is on display.Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms

15. Two views of the grand staircase between the boat deck and the promenade deck
aboard the RMS Titanic in undated photos. (The New York Times)

17. First class accommodations aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo.
(The New York Times)

18. First class accommodations aboard the RMS Titanic in undated photos. (The New
York Times)

20. The menu for passengers aboard the RMS Titanic for April 14, 1912, and a second
class dining room in an undated photo. (The New York Times)

22. The gymnasium aboard the RMS Titanic in an undated photo. (The New York
Times)

23. A photograph the Titanic's deck for second-class passengers. This photo was taken on
April 11, 1912.Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms

24. A photograph an iceberg on the horizon. The photograph was taken from another ship
just 36 hours prior to Titanic's collision with iceberg..Source: ©Claes-Göran Wetterholms

25. Sinking of the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats, between 2:00 and 2:20 a.m. on
April 15, 1912.CP/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION

26. Sinking of the ocean liner the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15,
1912.CP/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION

27. A telegraph message from a ship called Olympic reports that it has received word from
the Titanic that it has stuck an iceberg.MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

28. Eager to hear the latest news about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, people gather
outside the offices of The New York Sun, right, on April 15, 1912.

29. April 16, 1912 front page of The New York Times. (The New York Times)

30. An iceberg, presumed to be the one that was struck by the RMS Titanic, is pictured
from the deck of the cable ship Mackay-Bennett on April 15, 1912. (The New York
Times)

31. Survivors of the RMS Titanic approach the RMS Carpathia on April 15, 1912.
(The New York Times)

32. Lifeboats which carried survivors from the RMS Titanic are uploaded to the RMS
Carpathia in the hours after the disaster. (The New York Times)

33. Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic rest on the deck of the RMS Carpathia
on April 15, 1912. (The New York Times)

34. Eager to hear the latest news about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, people gather
outside the offices of the White Star Line in New York on April 15, 1912. (The New
York Times)

35. Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic rest on the deck of the RMS Carpathia
on April 15, 1912. (The New York Times)

36. People gather in New York to await the arrival of survivors of the sinking of the RMS
Titanic aboard the RMS Carpathia on April 18, 1912. (The New York Times)

37. Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic are interviewed by reporters as they come off
the RMS Carpathia in New York on April 18, 1912. (The New York Times)

38. Crew members who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic are given dry clothing in
New York on April 18, 1912. (The New York Times)

39. A poster prepared by the White Star Line's New York office to promote the RMS Titanic's
return trip from New York, scheduled for April 20, 1912. (The New York Times)

40. Officers who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic are pictured in an undated photo.
From left: Fifth Officer Harold G. Lowe, Second Officer Charles H. Lightoller, Third
Officer Herbert J. Pitman (seated) and Fourth Officer Joseph G. Boxhall. (The New York

41. Captain Arthur Henry Rostron is presented with an award by Margaret Brown, a survivor of the RMS
Titanic sinking who later came to be known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," in this undated photo.
Rostron was honored for his efforts as commander of the RMS Carpathia, which rescued many of
the Titanic survivors from the north Atlantic Ocean and ferried them to safety in New York. (The
New York Times)

42. The funeral procession of John Jacob Astor IV, who died in the sinking of the RMS
Titanic, enters Trinity Church Cemetery in upper Manhattan in May 1912 photo. (The
New York Times)

43. A chronometer from the bridge was displayed at the Science Museum in London in
2003, and a 13-foot by 30-foot portion of the hull, with portholes that looked into first
class cabins on Titanic's C deck, was part of the "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the

45. Some of the items found in the wreckage of the Titanic that will be auctioned April 12,
2012: a hat, glasses and a bracelet recovered from the ocean floor. (RMS Titanic, Inc.,
Associated Press)

47. This currency is part of the artifacts collection that will be auctioned on April 12. (Stanley
Leary/Associated Press)

48. Some of the items found in the wreckage of the Titanic that will be auctioned April 12,
2012: (l-r) a ship's telegraph; a gold spoon; a cherub that once adorned the grand
staircase; and a logometer for displaying the ship's speed. (RMS Titanic, Inc.,
Associated Press)

50. A Gladstone-style handbag, named after Queen Victoria’s Prime Minister William
Gladstone, who was said to frequently carry this type of leather bag. The bag's turn-of-
the-century tanning process repels the microorganisms that eat organic matter on the
ocean floor

51. A portion of the ship's hull, known as 'The Big Piece'

52. A pocketwatch, stopped at 10:50

53. This undated family photograph shows Dr John Edward Simpson. The descendants of Dr. Simpson,
who died on the Titanic, said on March 12, 2012 they are delighted that a letter he penned days
before the ship sank will return to his hometown, Belfast. Simpson's family had appealed for a
benefactor to buy the note, which was put up for auction in Long Island, New York. It did not meet
the reserve price of $34,000, Philip Weiss Auctions said, but a buyer who did not want to be named
then bought it for an undisclosed sum after hearing about the family's campaign to bring the letter to
Belfast for public display. Simpson's great-nephew John Martin said the note will soon return to the

55. A model of the Titanic sits beside the new $160 million Titanic Belfast visitor center in Northern
Ireland on March 7, 2012. The Titanic Belfast, which will open in late March, bills itself as the the
world's largest Titanic visitor experience. The center is built on a site close to the famous Harland
and Wolff cranes that were used to build the Titanic, and beside the spot where the Titanic was
launched in 1911. (Peter Morrison/Associated Press)

56. Brett Irwin of the Public Record Office moves old plans of Harland & Wolff ships from the
19th century in the Titanic Drawing Offices, situated close to the new Titanic Belfast. The
plans for Titanic and sister ship Olympic were devised by Harland & Wolff in this
building. (Peter Morrison/Associated Press)

57. The hull of a ship is displayed in the Cave area, and a worker adds the finishing touch to
one of the walkways in the Titanic Belfast visitor center on March 13. (Peter
Morrison/Associated Press)

60. The skylight frame, from either the grand staircase or the aft staircase, rests on the sea
floor near the stern debris field of the Titanic on June 6, 2004. (Institute for
Exploration/University of Rhode Island)

61. Dishes retrieved from the ocean floor stand in sand in a glass case as part of the "Titanic: The
Artifact Exhibit" in Houston in 2002. Photos from the wreck show that dishes were found as shown
after the crates they were packed in disintegrated. At right is the bell from the crow's nest, on
display in 2003 at the Science Museum in London. The bell was rung by seaman Fredrick Fleet to
warn that an iceberg was ahead on the ill-fated voyage. (Associated Press)

62. Pipes and the captain's bathtub rest in what remains of the captain's cabin in 2003.
(National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration)

63. The propellor of the Titanic rests on the ocean floor.

64. A chandelier dangles from its wires in front of the opening that housed the grand
staircase, and the inside of Titanic's hull. (Walt Disney Pictures)

65. A 17-ton portion of the hull of the RMS Titanic is lifted to the surface during an expedition
in 1998. The piece along with 5,000 other artifacts will be auctioned as a single collection
on April 11, 2012, 100 years after the sinking of the ship. (RMS Titanic, Inc./Associated
Press)

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