An unsinkable legend

There are replica ships in Tennessee and Missouri; graveyard tours in New York and Nova Scotia; traveling exhibits from Las Vegas to Atlanta; and two brand new museums in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Southampton, England. Hotels and restaurants are serving Titanic dinners, and ships are even heading to the disaster site - including an anniversary cruise that slashed prices last-minute from nearly $5,000 to $1,000.

Here's a roundup of notable Titanic events and attractions here and abroad.

TITANIC BELFAST

Titanic Belfast, an interactive attraction that tells the story of the doomed ship, opened Saturday in an ultramodern building whose shape and silvery color evoke ship hulls on the water. Exhibits include 3-D projections, audiovisual displays, artifacts and even an indoor ride. A marine exploration center describes the work of Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor in 1985. Titanic walking tours and other attractions are also located in the new neighborhood, Titanic Quarter, that includes the defunct shipyard where the ocean liner was built: www.titanicbelfast.com

SEACITY MUSEUM

SeaCity Museum opens April 10 in Southampton, the same day the ship departed from that port a century ago. The city lost 549 locals when the ship went down, mostly crew members. The new museum tells the story of Southampton's connection to the sea, with a focus on the Titanic story, including an interactive model of the ship and the London courtroom where an inquiry was held: www.seacitymuseum.co.uk

CHERBOURG, FRANCE

The Titanic stopped in Cherbourg on April 10, a few hours after leaving Southampton, to pick up 281 passengers, including American Margaret Brown, whose ordeal as a lifeboat survivor was made into a movie, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Cherbourg's maritime museum, the Cite de la Mer, located in the port's 1933 Art Deco terminal, is opening an exhibit Friday called "Titanic 2012," www.citedelamer.com/uk

Cherbourg is in Normandy, 225 miles northwest of Paris.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

Ships dispatched from Halifax recovered more than 330 bodies from the disaster site in the North Atlantic, and 150 are buried in three Halifax graveyards, including 121 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery. The city's Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is also home to a Titanic exhibit: www.destinationhalifax.com/visitors/titanicevents

MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM, DENVER

More than three decades before Kate Winslet's fictional character Rose survived the Titanic in the 1997 blockbuster film, Hollywood made another movie about a real-life passenger who survived in a lifeboat, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," starring Debbie Reynolds. Brown lived in Denver, and her home, a museum that tells the story of her life, offers special Titanic-themed tours: www.mollybrown.org

PIGEON FORGE AND BRANSON

It's a long, long way from any ocean, but Titanic museums in Branson, Mo., and in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., have hosted more than 7 million visitors since 2006 and claim to house some of the largest permanent collections anywhere of Titanic artifacts and memorabilia. The museums are actual half-scale replicas of the Titanic and are co-owned by John Joslyn, who was co-leader of the first private expedition: www.titanicpigeonforge.com or www.titanicbranson.com

Both museums will have special ceremonies April 14 marking the anniversary, and they're also sponsoring a Coast Guard cutter to take 1.5 million rose petals to the North Atlantic site where the ship sank.

NEW YORK

The Titanic never arrived in New York but many New Yorkers were on board and are buried here - both those who survived as well as those who perished. John Jacob Astor IV, said to be the richest man on the ship, is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Lower Manhattan. Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx is home to graves and memorials for 12 people who were onboard. Among them were Isidor Straus, owner of Macy's department store, and his wife, Ida, who chose to stay with her husband rather than get in a lifeboat without him: www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/site

An eight-night Titanic anniversary cruise leaves New York April 10 headed for Halifax and the disaster site, where a memorial service will be held. Bookings were still available as of last Monday, and prices for a windowless stateroom had been reduced from $4,900 to $999: www.titanicanniversarycruise.com

ELSEWHERE

There's a Titanic Historical Society museum in Indian Orchard, Mass.; a "Titanic - 12,450 Feet Below" show at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn., opening April 12; and "Titanic: 100 Year Obsession" opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., Thursday, highlighting dives to the wreck site.

The National Geographic exhibit will include replicas and props from the film: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/exhibits/2012/03/29/titanic

Many hotels and restaurants are offering Titanic-themed packages and menus. The St. Regis Atlanta is hosting "100 Years & 100 Bottles," an April 10 reception featuring champagne, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres inspired by the last dinner aboard the ship. A $95, 10-course Titanic menu at the Blackfish restaurant in Philadelphia on April 15 includes oysters, squab and poached peaches. Molly Brown's great-granddaughter will attend a Titanic-inspired meal April 14 at Denver's Oxford Hotel.