Face of the Atlantic at Halifax Part 2

The second part of Halifax Maritime Museum

The last post was about the first floor of this museum, but due to its size, I could cover everything in one post. So now let's go to discover what the second floor has to offer about ships and vessels.

Age of Sails

This room is isolated from the other one so I recommend starting with this one. It is completely turned toward the sails ships equipment uses and maintenance. There is a room that is a recomposition of a workshop to made sails, ropes and other pieces of equipment to make the ships sail. Another one is an exhibit of different figurehead used by sails ships as each one of them must have one. There are also many miniatures of sails ships spread all across the room. Finally, the last thing to see is a panel with many lone sailors that achieve great travel.

Underwater treasure and ships

This part is an exhibit about shipwrecks and the treasures found in it. In this place, you can find many artifacts taken from ships that have sunk. It also displays a recomposition of how divers perform this.

Age of steam

Behind the Underwater treasure, there is a room that is presenting the power of steam engines in ships. In this room, there are many displays of steamships and also of the three types of steam engines created. Those engines are a side-lever steam engine, a double expansion and triple expansion steam engine.

Titanic

The last section is about the most famous and unlucky ships in the history, the Titanic. This part is divided into two sections, the first one covers the overall structure with a plan from the side. There is also a representation of the room for the first, second and third class. The second part, as I stated earlier, is about what happens when the boat sink. I think everyone knows this part of the story. Well, That's all I have to say about this museum. I hope you like the "visite" and I encourage you to pay a view of this place.