Welcome to the Titanic tour! Take a moment to imagine the waterfront in Apr 1912 & all the activity as the ships Montmagny, Mackay-Bennett & Minia took part in recovery efforts. Read more.
Come see what is generally recognized as the world's finest collection of wooden artifacts from Titanic.
The former Halifax Hotel operated an information bureau for the latest Titanic body recovery news. Families stayed here while waiting to identify relatives. Read more.
George Wright, a prominent Halifax businessman, died on the Titanic. In 1896, he commissioned James Dumaresq to design the Marble and St. Paul's Buildings on Barrington Street. Read more.
A memorial service for Titanic victims was held here on Sunday, April 21, 1912. Rev. Samual Prince also conducted a service at sea on the Montmagny for George Wright. Read more.
John Snow & Sons directed a large team of undertakers from the Maritimes who prepared Titanic victims for burrial. The site of Snow’s Funeral Home now houses The Dome. Read more.
Hilda Slayter was a 2nd class passenger aboard the Titanic who survived. She lived in the house at 1706 Argyle Street, which is now home to the St. Paul's parish offices. Read more.
In May 1912 the Orpheus Theatre presented the motion photograph show “Scenes Incidental to the Awful “Titanic” Disaster”. Read more.
A mass for 4 Catholic victims of the Titanic was held on May 3, 1912. The last Titanic-related mass was held on May 15. Read more.
The Spring Garden Road Library houses an extensive Reference collection which includes many Titanic-related items. Read more.
In 1994, the Maritime Ship Modellers Guilds donated a nine foot, two hundred pound replica of the Titanic to the Public Gardens. Read more.
J. Bruce Ismay, of the White Star Line, arranged a service here for his private secretary and favourite deck steward who died on the Titanic. Read more.
Halifax millionaire George Wright died on the Titanic. The day before he boarded, Wright bequeathed his mansion to the Local Council of Women. Read more.
The NS Archives has Titanic-related photographs, newspapers & magazines, and a variety of records documenting the recovery, identification and disposition of bodies.Next: Camp Hill Cemetery
30-year old Halifax native, Hilda Slayter survived the Titanic disaster and settled in British Columbia. She was burried in the family plot here when she died in 1965. Read more.
19 Catholics whose bodies were recovered from the Titanic are buried here. Read more.
One hundred and twenty-one victims of the Titanic sinking are interred at Fairview, more than any other cemetery in the world. Read more.
Also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery, ten Jewish Titanic victims were buried at Baron de Hirsch Cemetery. Read more.
A memorial service was held here for the “Unknown Child”. Canon Cunningham was also given a Titanic deck chair, later donated to the Maritime Museum. Read more.
The largest memorial service was held on May 3, 1912 for 46 Titanic victims. The Royal Canadian Regiment Band & Highland Pipers played for the burial at Fairview Lawn. Read more.
The museum has a letter about the Titanic recovery efforts written by an electrician aboard the Minia, and a copy of George Wright's 1899-1900 Wright's World directory Read more.
George Wright's body was never found after the Titanic sank, but his brother placed a memorial headstone in the Christ Church Cemetery. Read more.
See an eerie model of Titanic as it sits today on the ocean floor and a room full of photographs taken from the submersible that visited the ship in 1991. Free tours by request in April 2012. Read more.
