The rusted prow (bow) of the Titanic rests on the bottom of the North Atlantic.
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James Cameron: Getting Titanic Artifacts to U.K. Would Be 'a Dream'
Museums launch a $19.2 million bid to acquire artifacts salvaged from the wreck site, and National Geographic pledges $500,000 to the cause.
In 1912, the RMS Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank into the frigid North Atlantic, killing more than 1,500 people. Soon after the wreckage’s 1985 discovery, the private company RMS Titanic Inc. gained exclusive rights to salvage the wreck, eventually recovering some 5,500 artifacts. Many of these objects—from statuettes to the shoes of the victims—have since traveled the world as centerpieces of museum shows and privately run exhibits.
In 2016, RMS Titanic Inc. and its owner Premier Exhibitions filed for bankruptcy, leaving their Titanic collection's fate uncertain. Now, on the eve of a major bankruptcy court hearing, a coalition of British and Irish institutions has kicked off a fundraising campaign to bring the entire collection home—back to the
