Titanic Belfast

Nine galleries telling Titanic's whole story — built on the actual slipways where she was launched, in a silver building the exact height of her hull. Billed as the world's largest Titanic experience.

• What it is — an indoor museum on Queen's Island, on the very slipways where Harland & Wolff built and launched the Olympic-class liners. The building rises 126 feet — said to match the height of Titanic's hull — its four angular prows clad in some three thousand silver shards.
• What you'll see — nine galleries across the whole arc: the shipyard, the launch, the lavish fit-out, the maiden voyage, the sinking and the discovery of the wreck. You ride through a recreation of the shipyard in a little six-seater car, and out at the dock the SS Nomadic — described as the last surviving White Star Line ship — is included in the ticket.
• How long — a good 2–3 hours for the galleries, more with the Nomadic and lunch. A proper half-day.
• Book a timed ticket. Entry is by timed slot and the popular times sell out, especially in summer — book online ahead. Last admission is about 1 hour 40 minutes before closing.
• Cost — around £24.95 adult, £11 child, £62 family; under-5s and carers free.
• Getting there & parking — Titanic Quarter, Belfast, a short Glider bus or train from the city centre. A 520-space secure underground car park on site, paid from about £2.20 the first hour (not free for Blue Badge holders).
• Food & weather — on-site cafés and Hickson's Point, a bar styled as a 1900s Belfast pub. It's all indoors, so a wet Belfast day only makes it better.