Titanic Museum lets visitors feel how cold the waters were on the tragic night of 1912

In a chilling tribute to the fateful night of 1912, the Titanic Museum in Tennessee is letting visitors feel just how cold the Atlantic waters were that night.

In Short

• Titanic Museum offered visitors to feel the 1912 passengers' chilling temperatures
• The visitors could dip their hands in minus two degrees Celsius water
• A video of visitors experiencing the icy waters went viral on social media

The Titanic Museum in the US state of Tennessee is offering visitors a chilling new experience, letting them feel the freezing water that passengers endured when the ship sank in 1912.

A video of visitors experiencing the icy temperature that Titanic passengers would have faced in the Atlantic Ocean has gone viral on social media.

The museum, which is a half-scale replica of the ill-fated ship, allowed guests to plunge their hands into water chilled to minus two degrees Celsius – precisely the temperature of the ocean when the RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.

With over 400 authentic Titanic artefacts spread across 22 square feet, the museum provides a deeply engaging glimpse into the ship’s history. However, it’s the interactive water experience that has charmed the internet.

The video, shared by a user on X, shows three visitors dipping their hands into the freezing water. Their reactions say it all: from the exclamation of “Oh my God” to descriptions of a “burning sensation,” it’s clear the icy water offered a chilling reminder of the hardships the passengers faced that fateful night.

Watch the video here:

Since being posted online, the video has clocked over two million views so far.

The RMS Titanic, which set sail from Southampton on April 10, 1912, was carrying over 2,200 passengers and crew. After striking an iceberg, the ship sank, taking more than 1,500 people with it.