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The Titanic Museum
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The Titanic Museum
Established April 2006
Location 3235 76 Country Blvd & Hwy 165
Branson, Missouri, United States
Owner World Choice Investments, LLC

The Titanic Museum Attraction is a special museum in Branson, Missouri, USA. You can find it on a famous road called 76 Country Boulevard. It's one of two museums about the famous Titanic ship. Both museums were started by John Joslyn, who explored the Titanic's resting place in 1987. The other museum is in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This museum has over 400 real items from the Titanic before they were found deep in the ocean. These items are displayed in 20 different rooms, called galleries.

Exploring the Titanic Museum

When you visit the museum, you step through a giant, artificial iceberg. This helps you feel like you are entering a different world.

Your Boarding Pass

As you enter, you get a special boarding ticket. This ticket has the name of a real passenger or crew member from the Titanic. It also includes a short story about that person. As you walk through the museum, you learn about the lives of many different passengers.

Grand Staircase Replica

One of the most amazing parts of the museum is a full-size copy of the ship's First Class grand staircase. This staircase was very fancy and beautiful on the actual Titanic. Visitors can take souvenir photos here.

Discover Your Fate

At the end of your tour, you find out if the person on your boarding ticket survived the Titanic sinking. This makes the experience very personal and memorable.

Museum Design and Appearance

The outside of the Titanic Museum in Branson looks very unique. It is designed to look like a large part of the original ocean liner.

Ship's Exterior Mockup

The building shows the front half of the Titanic ship. It even includes the first two funnels, which are the tall chimneys on a ship. This design helps visitors imagine the massive size of the real Titanic.

TV Show Visit

In 2017, a TV show called Ghost Adventures visited the museum. The show, which airs on the Travel Channel, explores places where people claim strange things happen. The hosts, including Zak Bagans, investigated the museum because some people believed there might be unusual activities linked to real items from the Titanic shipwreck.

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Branson (Misuri)#El Museo Titanic

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