anniversary of the disaster, an interim Sultana Disaster Museum was opened in Marion, Arkansas, the closest town to the buried remains of the steamboat, across the Mississippi River from Memphis. The museum is only temporary until enough funds can be raised to build a permanent museum. Featured in the museum are a few relics from Sultana such as shaker plates from the boat's furnace, furnace bricks, a few pieces of wood, and some small metal pieces. The museum also features many artifacts from the Sultana Survivor's Association, as well as a fourteen-foot model replica of the boat. One wall is decorated with the names of every soldier, crewmember, and passenger on the boat on April 27, 1865. In popular culture Artwork The J. Mack Gamble Fund of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen and the Association of Sultana Descendants and Friends sponsored a mural by Louisiana artist Robert Dafford and his crew, entitled The Sultana Departs from Vicksburg, as one of the Vicksburg Riverfront Murals. It was dedicated on April 9, 2005. Novels Smith, Joe W. (2010) Sultana! J & M Printing. . Illustrations by Linda L. Smith. Music Jay Farrar of the band Son Volt wrote a song called "Sultana", paying tribute to "the worst American disaster of the maritime". Farrar calls the boat "the Titanic of the Mississippi" in the song, which was released on the American Central Dust album (2009) King's German Legion – "Blues in the Water" tells a stylized version of the Sultana disaster on their EP release Marching Orders. Cory Branan's song "The Wreck of the Sultana" tells the story of the disaster, though the song gets a few details wrong, calling it "deadlier than the Titanic's legendary fall." Film In 2018, a movie called Remember the Sultana was released detailing the maritime disaster, directed by Mark and Mike Marshall and starring Ray Appleton, Mackenzie Astin, and Sean Astin. See also List of maritime disasters Sea Wing disaster References Further reading Elliott, Joseph Taylor (1913). The Sultana Disaster. E.J. Hecker. Indiana Historical Society Publications, v. 5, no. 3. Hendricks, Nancy (2015). Terrible Swift Sword: Long Road to the Sultana. . External links Raising The Sultana Sultana Disaster Records – Records relating to the explosion of the steamer Sultana, including lists of those aboard the boat. Steamships Maritime boiler explosions Ship fires Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River Shipwrecks of the American Civil War Tennessee