The Artifact Exhibition also features replicas. The most noteworthy is the grand staircase that most people recognize from the movie Titanic. Laurie Maidment is from England.

“It was amazing, especially the scene where you come into the first class where the stairs are and what it was like in the first class," she said. "And you could imagine Rose from the film walking down the stairs. It was fantastic, really good.”

Exhibit specialist Randy Dale finds a section of the ship's hull named “The Big Piece” to be "fascinating."

“It is the only one of its kind around the globe. It is the largest piece ever brought up from the Titanic itself," said Dale. "It is 15 tons and it is 26 feet [8 meters] wide. And it fills up an entire room and when you go in that room you feel the essence of the ship itself.”

“Amazing, absolutely amazing,” said one visitor standing in front of "The Big Piece."

Visitors are invited to touch a specially-created iceberg to feel how cold the water was when the supposedly unsinkable ship went down.

“And the individuals that lost their lives, most of them did not die from drowning, they died of hypothermia, which is where their body basically shuts down because it gets too cold,” said Dale.

The emotional journey through the exhibit ends at the Memorial Wall, where visitors learn their passenger’s fate.

“ He survived," said Barr. "He survived... right there. It is cool. He is only 21 years old. Very educational and emotional. I felt like I was one of the surviving passengers, you know, kind of like telling the story."