Belfast's Titanic attraction unveiled

March 30, 2012 at 1:18 PM

FILE In this Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo Justin Lowry holds his model of the Titanic which will be one of many object on display in the the new 100 million pound Titanic Belfast visitor center, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a woman looks at 3d projections of the inside of the Titanic on display in the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a replica of a 1st class cabin on board the Titanic ship is on display in the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this Tuesday March 13, 2012 Brett Irwin of the Public Record Office moves old plans of Harland and Wolff ships from the 19th century in the Titanic Drawing Offices, situated close to the new £100 million Titanic Belfast Vistor Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The plans for Titanic and sister ship Olympic were devised by Harland&Wolff in this building. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a man walks past the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center. Celebrating the Titanic ship and the people who built her in the Titanic Belfast, with its four prow-like wings jutting jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, then the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York, and twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15, and more than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a replica of the the famous staircase onboard the Titanic Ship is on display in the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a woman looks at the hull of a ship in the Cave area of the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

In this photo of Tuesday March 13, 2012 a replica of 2nd class cabin in the Titanic Ship is on display in the new 100 million British pounds ($157 million)Titanic Belfast Visitor's Center. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

FILE - In this April 10, 1912 file photo, the luxury liner Titanic departs Southampton, England, on her maiden Atlantic Ocean voyage to New York. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo, File)

FILE In this Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo Justin Lowry holds his model of the Titanic which will be one of many object on display in the the new 100 million pound Titanic Belfast visitor center, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

FILE In this Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo Justin Lowry holds his model of the Titanic which will be one of many object on display in the the new 100 million pound Titanic Belfast visitor center, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Celebrating the ship and the people who built her is the aim of Titanic Belfast, a shiny new "visitor experience" _ don't call it a museum _ whose four prow-like wings jut jauntily skyward beside the River Lagan on the site of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard. Titanic, the world's largest, most luxurious ocean liner, left this spot on April 2, 1912 on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Twelve days later, it stuck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Belfast's impressive new tourist attraction — the 100-million pound ($160 million, €120 million) Titanic Belfast visitor center — offers a loving portrait of the excitement, ambition and opulence surrounding the doomed trans-Atlantic liner, Mar. 30.

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