The White Star Line Collection

Alongside the Souls of the Titanic Artifactism™ Exhibition, guests will encounter a special display of original White Star Line pieces from Dirk Strangely's private collection.

The display includes two early 20th century passenger trunks bearing original White Star Line luggage labels, both believed to have traveled aboard Titanic's sister ship, RMS Olympic.

One trunk carries a White Star Line Tourist Third Cabin label and the owner's painted initials, J.D., an intriguing coincidence with the fictional Third Class passenger Jack Dawson from James Cameron's Titanic. There is no historical connection between the trunk and the fictional character.

The second trunk is marked as belonging to a doctor and still carries a White Star Line "Wanted on Voyage" label, meaning it traveled in the passenger's cabin rather than the ship's hold.

The collection also includes an original framed White Star Line baggage label, a 1910 postcard of "A Hand Maiden" by Francis Davis Millet, the accomplished American artist who died aboard Titanic, and a copy of The Deathless Story of the Titanic personally signed by Titanic survivor Eva Hart.

Together, these surviving objects bring another dimension to the afternoon: the art tells their stories while the objects place you closer to their world.