Rare Artifacts From Titanic Are Hidden In Secret Location Only A Few People Can Ever Access

If you've ever wondered about the true stories of the Titanic's passengers, there's a hidden warehouse that holds a treasure trove of the ship's many tales.

The Titanic is probably the most famous shipwreck in history. Yet, despite all the research and study, it still feels like we've only scratched the surface of its rich lore.

But there’s a secret warehouse that offers many clues about who was on board the Titanic.

This warehouse, tucked away somewhere in Atlanta, Georgia, is home to thousands of items and artifacts that survived the tragic sinking.

The warehouse has thousands of items stored on its shelves. BBC News

According to the BBC, the shelves are packed with a wide variety of recovered items.

These range from glassware to buttons, a dented porthole, and even an upturned bathtub.

The RMS Titanic Inc, the company that has recovered all these artifacts, shared with the BBC that they’ve managed to retrieve 5,500 items from the shipwreck.

Some of these items are displayed publicly in museums or exhibitions around the world.

One particularly precious item is an alligator skin handbag that once belonged to a 63-year-old passenger named Marian Meanwell.

"It's a really beautiful, fashionable little bag," said Tomasina Ray, the director of collections for RMS Titanic Inc, in an interview with the BBC.

"She was a 63-year-old milliner," Ray added. "She was traveling to the US to be with her daughter who was recently widowed."

The passenger's bag was made out of alligator skin and remained intact. BBC News

Remarkably, the items inside Meanwell's bag also survived the shipwreck.

Among them is a faded photograph, believed to be of her mother, along with the paperwork she needed for her new life in America.

Other incredible items stored in this warehouse include tiny vials of perfume that, according to Ray, are still ‘very potent’.

"There was a perfume salesman on board, and he had over 90 of these little perfume vials," she explained.

The vials belonged to a passenger named Adolphe Saalfeld, who was one of the 700 people to survive the shipwreck.

"He had passed by the time we found this," Ray said. "But it's my understanding that he did live with a bit of guilt—survivor's guilt."

The warehouse also houses a champagne bottle that still has champagne inside, with the cork still on top.

Cups and plates from the shipwreck also survived. BBC News

"A little bit of water probably would have gotten in through the cork as it compressed and equalized the pressure."

“And then it just sat on the bottom of the ocean," Ray explained.

"There are a lot of bottles on the ocean floor, and a lot of stock pots and kitchen pots too, because Titanic actually broke up around one of the kitchens," she added.

The warehouse also reveals the different cups given to passengers based on their class.

Third-class passengers received simple mugs with a bright red White Star logo.

Second-class passengers had cups decorated with blue floral patterns.

And first-class passengers enjoyed plates made from more delicate china.

RMS Titanic Inc is the only company legally allowed to recover items and artifacts from the shipwreck.

The firm recently announced plans to retrieve the Marconi radio equipment that transmitted the Titanic's distress calls from the site.

The firm revealed their plans to go to the wreck again soon. Xavier DESMIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

"Titanic is something that we want to respect," Ray shared. "

We want to make sure that we're preserving the memory because not everyone can go down to Titanic, and we want to be able to bring that to the public."