Public galleries include the Days of Sail , the Age of Steam , Small Craft , the Canadian Navy , the Halifax Explosion , and Shipwrecks . A special permanent exhibit explores the sinking of RMS '' Titanic '' with an emphasis on Nova Scotia 's connection to recovering the bodies of '' Titanic '' victims . The museum has the world 's foremost collection of wooden artifacts from '' Titanic '' , including one of the few surviving deck chairs . The '' Titanic '' exhibit also includes a child 's pair of shoes which helped identify '' Titanic '' s " unknown child " as Sidney Leslie Goodwin
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic