The Titanic Belfast museum will remember the 109 years of the sinking of the Titanic
On April 15 they meet 109 years since the fateful night of 1912 in which the famous RMS Titanic sank in the cold waters Atlantic.
The tragic sinking of the ocean liner and the loss of 1,490 passengers and crew is present in the collective memory to this day, and "A night to remember", the online event organized by the Irish Museum Titanic Belfast which will take place next Thursday , is proof of it.
The Titanic Belfast opened almost 100 years later the day the ship sailed from Harland & Wolff shipyards. The interactive museum - awarded as the Best Tourist Attraction in the World in 2016- tells the story of the ocean liner, the people who sailed on it, and the architects of it, including real pieces.
Titanic Belfast
Due to the current situation, this year its iconic commemorations They will be carried out in virtual format. In addition to "A night to remember" - an initiative whose details are not known at the moment -, his Twitter account (@TitanicBelfast) will offer live content and detail the events that took place from before the ship hit the iceberg to the sinking.
In turn, other institutions of the city in which the luxurious ship was built, such as the Belfast Titanic Society or Belfast City Council, in-where is the yard dedicated to the victims of the catastrophe - will organize a series of online chats and they will publish special videos during the day of April 15.