May
Articles 2012 Exhibition : Titanic, returns to Cherbourg
2012: a new project for La Cité de la Mer
Work at La Cité de la Mer to make room for the Titanic exhibition Work at the location of the future exhibition got underway at the start of the summer with a local company from Cherbourg. A staircase is being built at present to link the baggage hall where the exhibition dedicated to emigration willRead More
May
2012 Exhibition : Titanic, returns to Cherbourg
Titanic Cities network
Titanic Cities: a network to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic Cherbourg has decided to join together with the other towns that will be celebrating the centenary of the Titanic’s voyage: Belfast, Liverpool, Southampton, Halifax, Cobh and New York. These cities, each with their own links to the life of the liner,Read More
May
The Titanic in Cherbourg
Association Française du Titanic
A partnership between the Association Française du Titanic and La Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg Amongst La Cité de la Mer’s partners in France, around Europe or on the American continent is the Association Française du Titanic. Its members have shared their historical, technical and human knowledge on the mythical linerRead More
May
Articles Cherbourg Yesterday Photographies
Transatlantic companies and the White Star ferries
Transatlantic companies in the boom era of Cherbourg’s harbour With the huge increase in emigration, numerous ships from foreign maritime companies made regular stop-overs in Cherbourg harbour, made accessible by train in 1958. Whereas only three transatlantic companies used the port of Cherbourg in 1900, the number rose to seven in 1913 and eleven inRead More
