Experience ‘The Titanic: An Immersive Voyage’ & It’s Minnesota Connections in MPLS

When you hear the word Titanic, chances are you immediately picture the massive ship, the iceberg, and perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

But have you ever considered that many of the passengers who were on the doomed ship were looking for a new life here in Minnesota? Or perhaps survived and made Minnesota their home?

TITANIC: AN IMMERSIVE VOYAGE OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS

The real story is about thousands of people who boarded a ship in April of 1912 because they were going somewhere. Some were traveling for business. Some were taking a vacation, and many were making a life-changing trip to America.

That is one of the reasons the new 'Titanic: An Immersive Voyage' in Minneapolis could be especially interesting for Minnesotans.

Titanic: An Immersive Voyage opened August 6th, allowing visitors to step into the world of the famous ocean liner and learn more about the people who were actually aboard the doomed ship.

And if you have ever spent time researching your own family tree, there is a good chance some part of the story will sound familiar.

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MINNESOTA'S HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION

Minnesota has a long history of immigration. Generations of people came here from Europe and other parts of the world looking for work, a home, a better life for their children, or simply a fresh start. I never knew that many Minnesota families have a connection.

For many immigrants, getting to America meant saying goodbye to everything they knew. They left behind family members, friends, and familiar surroundings and boarded ships for a trip that could take days or even weeks.

Some of Titanic's passengers were making that kind of journey. They weren't thinking about becoming part of a famous historical story. They were thinking about their lives.

Maybe they were traveling to meet relatives. Maybe they had found a job. Maybe they were hoping to establish themselves in a new community.

That is what makes this experience of the Titanic story so much more personal than the version we sometimes see in movies. The Minneapolis exhibition is designed to put you into that world.

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PUTTING YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES

Rather than simply looking at pictures of the Titanic, you can experience recreated areas of the ship, see historical artifacts and replicas of artifacts, and also learn about the passengers and crew. A virtual reality component offers yet another way to explore the Titanic story.

The experience has been created to give you a chance to understand what life was like aboard the ship and what the passengers were hoping to find when they reached their destinations.

That is where I think Minnesota families may find an especially interesting connection. Think about your own family history for a minute. Do you know where your great-grandparents came from? Did someone in your family cross the Atlantic to start a new life? Have you ever wondered what that journey must have been like?

For many of us, those details are buried somewhere in old records, family stories and photographs.

The Titanic exhibition offers a glimpse into a time when making that kind of journey required an enormous amount of courage.

There were no quick flights across the ocean. There were no cell phones to stay connected with the people back home. Once passengers boarded a ship, they were truly on their own for the journey.

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Titanic: An Immersive Voyage
501 Royalston Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55405
ENTER THROUGH GATE 7-Turn Let and get to the RED DOOR

• Regular Admission prices start at $28.90 for adults 18 and older, and $24.90 for Seniors and special groups. (See website for details).
• VIP Experience:$38.90 includes The Immersive Voyage, access to the VR experience OR a pin of your choice, and an Exhibition poster.

DETAILS: The voyage combines recreated environments, historical artifacts, visual effects, and virtual reality to tell the story of the ship and the people aboard it.

• Visitors should expect to spend roughly an hour to an hour and a half going through the exhibition.
• You don't have to be a Titanic expert to appreciate it.
• You don't have to have a Titanic passenger somewhere in your family tree to feel the connection.
• This experience is open to all ages.
• You just have to think about what it must have felt like to leave everything familiar behind, cross an enormous ocean, and hope that something better was waiting on the other side.