I visited the Quebec Museum of Civilization in Quebec City (which already gives you a clue about where the next batch of travel posts are going to come from), and their premier exhibition going on at the time was a Titanic exhibition called "Titanic. The Human Story". I already went to a Titanic exhibition in Toronto back in August, but I was curious to see what things were the same in both exhibitions and what was different. I promise that this blog is not going to be a Titanic repository of items and experiences, but bear with me as I go through a second round of experiencing the fateful maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, as well as check out the rest of the exhibits in the museum.
The exhibition in the Museum of Civilization follows the same pattern as the exhibit in Toronto, and the first room was about the construction of the ship. The Quebec exhibit has the exact same detailed scale model as the one in Toronto, and there were some other pictures, books, and promotional posters to look at.
The next room was the staterooms and various items from staying on the ship. The exhibition in Quebec had a mock-up of what a second-class stateroom looked like on the ship, which was not something I saw in the Toronto exhibition. There were also mock-ups of a first-class sitting room, and a third-class cabin, among other items.
I go through the room with the detailing of the sinking of the ship, and it was all things I have already seen before in the previous exhibit, including the fake iceberg that is ice-cold to the touch. I did take a picture of the mock-up of the Marconi room where the operators would be sending SOS telegrams to anyone in the area.
One cool thing I saw in the Quebec exhibit was that there were scale models of the broken and rusted Titanic laying on the ocean floor. That was it for the Titanic exhibition. I did not take too many pictures because there were many artifacts that I already saw in the Toronto exhibit.
There were other permanent exhibits to see in the Museum of Civilization. I liked checking out the collection of artifacts from the various Quebec Native groups, including pelts and clothing.
The main permanent exhibit was the history of Quebec as a whole; from the wildlife to the human settlements. There were taxidermied models of various animals, including a polar bear and a moose.
There was a whole part of the exhibit dedicated to the evolution of the chair, which I thought was weird, but there were all these different styles of chairs.
There were some other things I liked that I took pictures of, including a snowmobile and a carriage. The Quebec Museum of Civilization was not my favourite museum to check out, but it was cool to see and kill some time.
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