Belfast
Titantic Belfast, a new exhibition where the ill-fated ship was built, is the world's largest Titanic-themed attraction. Nine galleries have full-scale reconstructions, special effects, interactive features and rides. Other attractions in Belfast's Titanic Quarter include the Titanic's Dock & Pump-House, boat tours and guided walks.
• Adults £13.50, children £6.75, families £34, titanicbelfast.com. For more on this and other Belfast events, see theguardian.com/travel/belfast
The city's hotels are jumping on the centenary bandwagon. Malmaison has a two-night Titanic package, with Irish breakfast, a cocktail or beer and two tickets to Titanic Belfast for £120pp.
• Subject to availability, 02890 220210, malmaison.com/hotels/belfast
Liverpool
A new exhibition, Titanic and Liverpool: the Untold Story, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum explores the city's links with the ship, crew and passengers. On show are the only known surviving first-class ticket for Titanic, and a child's letter to her father, a steward who drowned and never received it.
• Until 21 April 2013, free, liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Sea Odyssey is an epic piece of street theatre by puppeteers Royal De Luxe inspired by the Titanic story. Using 15m giant puppets, "a magical tale of love, loss and reunion" will be enacted across the city,.
• 20-22 April, giantspectacular.com.
London
Titanic Remembered, free, until 30 September at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, features letters, photographs and memorabilia. A series of lectures (19 April-24 May) will cover subjects from iconic ocean liners to the glamorous clothing worn on board.
• Free, lectures £7.50, rmg.co.uk
A piece of music inspired by the string quartet that reportedly continued to play as the Titanic went down contributes to an "intimate and direct" concert at the Barbican , with added DJ samples and visual projections. The BFI Southbank's Titanic season showcases six films about the disaster – none of which stars Kate Winslet or Leonardo DiCaprio.
• The Sinking of the Titanic, £15-25, barbican.org.uk. SOS – The Titanic Centenary, £10, until 28 April, bfi.org.uk
Southampton
A permanent exhibition at the new SeaCity Museum, Southampton's Titanic Story, has an interactive model of the ship, oral testimony from survivors and audio-visual shows. In a further temporary exhibition, Titanic the Legend, historians, writers and scientists explore how and why the story of Titanic endures.
• Adults £8.50, children £6, families £25, seacitymuseum.co.uk
Stoke-on-Trent
The Titanic's captain was born in the Potteries, and the ship's tableware was produced by local companies. The Titanic Trail at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery examines these and other links to the ship.
• Until 31 December, free, stokemuseums.org.uk.
France
The Titanic docked at Cherbourg to pick up 281 passengers on 10 April. A new exhibition space at La Cité de la Mer museum, Titanic Returns to Cherbourg, has opened in the city's art deco ferry terminal, focusing on emigration to the New World generally, and the Titanic in particular. The museum is also serving a four-course meal inspired by the last meal served to first-class passengers.
• Adults around £15, children £11, citedelamer.com, cherbourg-titanic.com.
Learn to cook Escoffier-era food yourself. A couple in the Dordogne are running a Titanic cooking course, teaching guests how to recreate one of the ship's sumptious banquets.
• Around £700 for a five-night all-inclusive residential course, 23 April, cookinfrance.com.
US
The New York Historical Society (nyhistory.org, $15) has an exhibition of items that tell stories of the passengers, and the Noble Maritime Collection (noblemaritime.org, by donation) has an exhibition of contemporary art commemorating the disaster. For details of more Titanic exhibitions around the US, visit rmstitanic.net.
