Man who found Titanic will preview new Peoria Riverfront Museum exhibit this fall
The Titanic tragically sank on a dark and cold evening 113 years ago in the North Atlantic Ocean after being struck by an iceberg. Nearly 70 years later, in 1985, a team led by retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Ballard found the doomed ocean liner on the sea floor.
The remains were found while he was attempting to locate two missing submarines during a secret mission for the Navy. The ensuing result is what many tout as the largest maritime discovery.
And it's also the subject of an upcoming exhibit at the museum.
Dubbed 'Finding Titanic: The Secret Mission,' visitors will learn the now-declassified story of Ballard's top-secret mission to investigate two lost nuclear submarines.
Presented by CEFCU and produced by Ballard's Ocean Exploration Trust, this world-premiere touring exhibition invites visitors on a thrilling deep-sea adventure of intrigue, exploration, and discovery. It will run through early January, said museum CEO John Morris.
'Finding Titanic: The Secret Mission' tells the story of the Titanic's discovery through the unique lens of Ballard's classified Navy assignment to document the wreck sites of two nuclear submarines USS Thresher and USS Scorpion while using the cover story of searching for the Titanic.
Ballard will speak on Sept. 25 on the campus, just two days before an exhibit opens at the museum. Also on Sept. 27, there will be a performance of 'Titanic Live' at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater.
It'll be put on by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and will feature 97 instrumentalists and between 30 and 50 vocalists along with other musicians performing, said Anthony Morada, the orchestra's executive director.
'For the first time ever, we will tell and show you things you have never seen and heard before about our discovery of the RMS Titanic and the Cold War story that led to its discovery, that continues to give up its secrets,' Ballard said. 'Produced by Flying Fish and my Ocean Exploration Trust, it's a powerful, behind-the-scenes look at this historic event, which became one of the most important maritime discoveries ever made.'
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