Titanic Belfast

*Titanic* Belfast
Titanic Belfast
	Titanic Belfast
	Location within Northern Ireland
General information
Location	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Country	Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°36′29.97″N 5°54′35.09″W / 54.6083250°N 5.9097472°W
Construction started	May 2009
Opened	31 March 2012
Cost	£101 million
Height	38.5 m (126 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Eric Kuhne and Associates
Website
	http://www.titanicbelfast.com/

Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building contains more than 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities.

Titanic Belfast is owned by the Maritime Belfast Trust and commercially operated by Titanic Belfast Limited under a 25-year operator agreement which commenced in 2011.