By Casey Nelson
Jul 9, 2021 | 4:14 PM
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – A new exhibit coming to the Oshkosh Public Museum is sharing the Wisconsin Connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
The experience shares the stories of twenty people who were on the ‘unsinkable’ giant as it struck an iceberg, 109 years ago. Jeff Taylor is the director of collections for the E/M Group, which owns the artifacts.
“Wisconsin at the state would proportionally high in the number of passengers that had connections, Titanic passengers that is,” Taylor told WTAQ News. “Wisconsin was very, very attractive to immigrants coming from Europe. A good number of those third class passengers either had friendships or family members who had already settled, so they were coming over to basically start new lives.”
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