The Abilene Discovery Center is currently housing a Titanic Remembered Exhibition. It is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
The exhibition opened last April during the worldwide centennial of the sinking of the great ship. Carolyn Walden, one of the owners, explained why the exhibition has not closed yet.
“The public response has been so positive that we plan to keep the exhibition open for an undetermined amount of time and are continually adding special features to it,” Walden said.
The Discovery Center shows a different side of the Titanic tragedy through the eyes of morality and what they believe God wanted us to learn from this event. There are 18 different exploration spots that guests can enjoy, but should plan on spending at least an hour and a half in the exhibit, according to Walden.
Some of the parts of the exhibits include a film called “Search for the Titanic,” a room of special memorabilia of all of the victims, a touch-and-see experience with an iceberg display, an opportunity to send an SOS on a wireless teletype and full-sized hanging copies of newspapers that were published the day after the tragedy.
A special feature of the exhibit is the Jack Grimm Memorial Room that houses the memorabilia of the late Jack Grimm. Grimm was an Abilene oil tycoon who financed and participated in three expeditions in the 1980s to find the missing ship.
The exhibition is recommended for families with elementary students, as well as other students and adults.
“Currently all groups are guided by one of our volunteer staff,” Walden said. “In April, we will add TourMate tour wands that guests will be able to use to hear 60 different stories or information spots on the wands.”
An upcoming special Titanic event will be taking place Monday evening, April 15 at the Paramount Theater. In addition to live music from “The Third Class Musicians,” the audience will enjoy a dramatic art presentation of the sinking of the ship, live dramatic enactments, and enjoy viewing Mr. Grimm’s second film, Return to the Titanic. The event will be free to the public.
For more information, you can go to www.evidences.org or visit the exhibit located at the corner of South 8th and Butternut.
