I love the Titanic story! Has always fascinated me. Im just not sure the relics should be sold off tho ,just doesn't sit right with me

anyone else got any views?

They're being sold on the condition its kept as a collection and the public can view it, so I guess theres a public interest being satisfied. Even so, it is a bit like grave robbing i.m.o.

Mind you Belfast is flogging it too - a Titanic hotel is opening and they've created a Titanic Quarter.

ive always imagined going on a dive to the titanic and hearing eerie muffled orchestra music playing

mind you im a bit odd

I would love to go visit the wreck pirate always wanted to!! Would be so amazing and mysterious seeing it suddenly appear before my eyes!  

2 and a half miles down!

i cant swim,so id be useless, i had the bath taken out and a shower put in cos i cant stand water!

oh

and as to your thread,

titanic has always had a macarbe interest for people, so selling the items, i think is ok - everyone gets to see them, you get to look at little pieces of one of the most famous events ever,

its not like they dug up a tomb

i got about 30 books about the titanic..one day i might read 'em

I would love it pirate!! Be amazing!! I need to invest in some titanic books!! Im fascinated by it all

i got most of my books from carboot sales-expensive ones for like a quid!

and you being a student should be an expert at hunting the bargains mate

What an excellent idea. I think keeping this collection together and being available to the public is the right thing to do. The wreck itself is deteriorating and as many artifacts as possible need rescuing for future generations.

I am a little bemused as to why people may be uneasy about this announcement, after all if you look at the items in museums across the world there are possibly items on display which have real controversy surrounding them. Elgin Marbles to name just one.

yeah,

mummies tombs stuff is really just grave robbing, and theres that *black museum* at scotland yard, which id love to have a wander round, thats just stuff from people who had a gory end

so im with you EC

I think the artefacts should be given back to Britain, it was a British ship after all . But i gather they are owned by the salvage company that retrieved them. I hope they are bought my some museum or other, so that they can be shown, but no doubt they will remain in the US, unless we buy them of course, which is highly unlikely!