PITTSBURGH -- Starting this weekend, visitors to the Carnegie Science Center will be able to see what it was like to be a passenger on the fateful voyage of the Titanic.

A new exhibit is opening Saturday, complete with artifacts and interactive displays.

Before entering, each person will become a passenger and will be given a boarding pass. On the back of the pass will be information of a real passenger with details of who they were and where they were going.

The exhibit authentically recreates several rooms that were on the ship, telling the story of the voyage and its connection to Pittsburgh.

"The most lavish suite on board belonged to Henry Clay Frick, but he never boarded the ship," said exhibit worker Cheryl Mure. "His wife sprained her ankle in Italy, so they didn't set board on the Titanic."

Teams of historians preserved more than 200 authentic artifacts, including a passenger's suitcase, toothbrush and China etched with the ship's logo.

"We have a section of the hall of Titanic, that side of the Titanic," said Mure. "It's 3,500 pounds, and that is suspended from the ceiling."

Visitors can see and touch a replica of the iceberg said to have sunk the Titanic. It is simulated to the same temperature of the water that fateful night.

And as visitors make their way through the exhibit, they learn the fate of the passenger stamped on their ticket.

The exhibit will run through September. For more information, visit www.CarnegieScienceCenter.org.

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