Titanic Graveyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia and artifacts from Maritime Museum

1. Titanic Cemetery and Museum Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

2. The Last Surviving Deck Chair This deck chair was retrieved from the individuals who collected the bodies from the ocean. It was originally given to the minster who blessed all the bodies. His family later donated it to the Maritime Museum in Halifax.

4. A Replica of the Deck Chair (Avery, age 6)

5. Artifacts to Commemorate the Sinking of the Titanic

6. Cabinet from the Titanic

9. A Rolling Pin from the Kitchen

10. Cutting Board

11. Telegraph Machine

12. TableSettings and Blanket

13. Sample of Titanic’s Dinner Menus

14. Decorative Wood Panel from a Lounge

15. The 1st Class Lounge

17. Decorative Panel from Staircase

18. The Staircase

19. The Famous Staircase

20. Officer’s Button

21. John Astor’s Life Jacket

23. The Location of Largest Titanic Cemetery Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

24. There are approximately 121 graves at this site. It is a non-denominational cemetery.

28. Unidentified or Unclaimed Passenger White Star Cruise Line purchased plain black granite gravestones for each victim. The number on the bottom represents the order in which the body was found.

29. Upgraded Tombstone

31. Upgraded marker paid by Bruce Ismay (chairman of White Star Cruise Line) Bruce Ismay was an outcast of society after the Titanic tragedy. Many individuals felt he should have gone down with the ship. He order that captain to travel across the Atlantic at a dangerous speed and advertised that the Titanic was “unsinkable.”

32. Unknown Child of Titanic This child was later identified as Gosta Paulson (DNA research). Mother is buried just a few feet away. The Mom was identified by her ticket number that was in her pocket. The other 3 children were never found. The family were 3rd class passengers on the Titanic.

33. The cemetery is in the shape of the ship’s hull. The graves are not in a straight line. They were purposely bowed and bent in the shape of the ship’s hull. There is a gap left between graves on the right-hand side of the site representing were the ship hit the iceberg.

34. The Infamous Jack Dawson Grave (Titanic Movie) This is the gravesite James Dawson who was a coal stoker on the Titanic. He was actually a poor Irish man looking for work. James Dawson was 23 years of age.

35. A Grave Marker that Reflects Later Identification DNA research has allowed many unidentified victims to be identified. These names have been gradually painted on the sides of the grave markers.

36. Mount Olivet Cemetery Catholic cemetery that contains 19 graves. Families requested that they be buried in this cemetery.