Why is there a Titanic Museum in Tennessee? I don't know, but it came highly recommended by multiple people. We put it on our vacation schedule. We took it off our schedule. I have to thank Ana for persisting and asking that we put it back on the list.
Not only is it well done, informative, and interesting, but it is also interactive and hands-on. Victor and museums are usually not a good mix as every sign says, "Do not touch," and he gets bored of us reading everything to him. From the moment our tour started and he was allowed to touch the 3D map that showed where the Titanic was built, launched, stopped, and met its fate, to the water he could put his hand in to feel how cold it was when the boat sank, and everything in between, he was engaged.
Bonus was when we got to the second floor and the tour guide who talked about the musicians aboard the Titanic was a man who is visually impaired. He played some music for us, and then gave Victor a charge to try new things, to do everything he was created to do, and to not let his blindness stop him. On top of all of this, the museum allows families with a member with special needs to reserve a private tour 1/2 hour before the museum actually opens on Thursday mornings.
This is what we did, and the quiet atmosphere with few distractions and a tour guide who got down on Victor's level and answered his many questions, made this a positive experience for everyone. So even though the Titanic Museum is probably only in Pigeon Forge for tourists like us willing to give them our money, I now join the many who recommended it to us. It's well worth it.
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