Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Lecture Series

The Thursday evening lecture series returns this fall in celebration of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Check out the following dates, speakers and topics and mark your calendar:

Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes
Fred Stonehouse, Maritime Historian, Writer, Lecturer, Teacher
November 5, 2009
This lecture will take a closer look at the historic causes of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. Included in this talk will be Lake Superior's own Titanic, the 729-foot ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, which mysteriously sank with all 29 hands aboard on November 10, 1975, just outside the safe confines of Whitefish Bay. The shipwreck is still unexplained. Mr. Stonehouse is considered the leading authority on the Fitzgerald story.

What Really Sank the Titanic?
Dr. Bill Gerberich, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, University of Minnesota
November 19, 2009
Join material scientist Dr. Bill Gerberich as he answers your questions about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Dr. Gerberich will explore the structural and mechanical properties of metals recovered from the wreck and discuss the "rivet theory," which was originated by Dr. Tim Foecke, one of his former graduate students.

The Stories of Titanic
Cheryl Muré, M. Ed., Director of Education, Premier Exhibitions
December 3, 2009
Even before Titanic sank, it was a ship of hundreds of stories. Join Cheryl Muré, Director of Education at Premier Exhibitions, for a rare and moving look at the people, stories, and artifacts of the RMS Titanic.

Tickets are $15 per person ($10 per Science Museum member; $6 for Great Tix patrons). All lectures in the series will take place in the Science Museum's auditorium from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

To purchase tickets, call (651) 221-9444.