Day 6, Monday October 24, 2016
The Titanic Museum
Our first major stop of our first full day in Belfast, was the Titanic museum, on the site of the former Harland and Wolff shipyard, where the Titanic and other ships were built (all ending in ic, like the Olympic or Britannic). It seems like that would not be particularly interesting but in fact it was an amazing museum which was beautifully done. The museum building itself is gorgeous with the design intended to reflect Belfast’s history of ship making and the industrial legacy left by Harland and Wolff. It was designed by Eric Kuhne and Associates. It is made up of three angles which look like the main prow of the ship. Some say it looks like an iceberg and the locals in fact call it “the iceberg.” It is covered in 3000 individual silver anodized aluminum shards standing 12 feet high, the same size as the Titanic’s hull.
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- Showing the length of the Titanic
g over to the North side of the river, known as the more down to earth, less touristy side of town. Along the way we passed lots of sculptures. There was one bronze sculpture, called The Linesman, commemorating the tradition of docking in the area.
