ATLANTA (AP)

The brightly lit room looks like any nondescript warehouse packed with boxes and dusty shelves, but inside this plain brick building is nearly 200 million dollars worth of treasures from the world's most famous shipwreck.

The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered
from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below
the surface of the Atlantic ocean since the boat sank on April 15,
1912.

When the fine china, brine-soaked shoes and water-stained sheet
music aren't on tour around the world, they have a permanent home
in Atlanta, the headquarters of Premier Exhibitions, which has
guardianship over the artifacts.

About 200 pieces from the Titanic collection will be exhibited
at the Georgia Aquarium starting tomorrow, the first time the show
has been at an aquarium.

Aquarium spokesman Dave Santucci says: "Any time an attraction
opens, attendance inevitably is going to slide from your opening
year. We're trying to make sure people don't feel they've seen
everything at the aquarium.''

Officials with Premier are hoping the tactic will breathe new
life into the 14-year-old show and help visitors better grasp the
role the ocean has played in the story of the ill-fated ship. And
aquarium officials hope the first-of-its-kind exhibition will bring
more visitors to one of the world's largest fish tanks, where
attendance numbers have been on a steady decline since it opened in
2005.

The Titanic collection has helped unlock the mystery behind what
was once the world's largest passenger ship, which eventually
became the watery grave of 1,517 people. The collection includes
everything from fine china and cookware to a 30,000-pound hunk of
the ship's hull.

The Titanic, which was called "unsinkable,'' hit an iceberg
about 1,000 miles east of Boston and sank on its maiden voyage from
England to the United States. Nearly 100 years later, it remains
one of the most deadly maritime disasters of all time.