The story behind the story

You saw the movie: now, get to know the real people and events behind the sinking of the Titanic.

The luxury steamer met its tragic demise just 350 km from the GEO CENTRE, hitting one of the hulking icebergs that continue to visit our coasts today.

The Titanic Story offers a complete account of the greed, arrogance, and bad judgment that led to the greatest peacetime tragedy of the 20th century.

Learn the many causes (and failures) that robbed over 1,500 people of their lives, through real-life artifacts, stories and discoveries from recent explorations of Titanic’s underwater resting place.