Titanic Historian Peter Cook

Titanic Historian to present for the Bureau County History Center

To purchase tickets, join us at 1:15pm at Venue 450, located at 450 South Main Street.

On Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., at Venue 450 in Princeton, the Bureau County History Center will be hosting historian Lt. Col. Peter D. Cook, the American Representative of the British Titanic Society, to give a presentation titled The Titanic, The Iceberg, and … The Rest of the Story.

Do you have questions about the Titanic? How many people (and animals) survived? Was there only one iceberg? Why weren’t the lifeboats fully loaded? Was the Titanic on fire when it set sail? Who was the last person to leave the Titanic? How is the Hershey Candy Co related to the Titanic?

Cook has an extensive collection of Titanic books, artifacts, survivor autographs, and even items raised from Titanic. In addition to the British Titanic Society, Cook is also a member of the Titanic Historical Society, based in Massachusetts, and the Belfast Titanic Society. He has traveled to various Titanic locations including Belfast, Ireland to visit the Titanic Museum, the Harland & Wolff Ship building Yard where the ship was built, and Southampton, England, where the ship set sail.

We hope you’ll join us as we welcome Peter Cook to learn more about the final days of this fascinating ship. There will be door prizes! Venue 450 is located at 450 S. Main Street, Princeton. Tickets for this event are $15 for BCHC/BCHS Members and $18 for non-members.

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