Keeping flotsam of notable wrecks is an old tradition, and many coastal communities preserved pieces of notable wrecks. One fisherman on the South Shore of Nova Scotia even built a "wreckwood" armchair using fragments of 27 shipwrecks. As wrecks are forgotten, so too are wreck momentos and they are often misplaced and lost. However, the catastrophic nature of the Titanic sinking led to substantial pieces being preserved by several Nova Scotian families.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic holds 20 artifacts and dozens of photographs, some of which have never previously been published or displayed. The centrepiece of the exhibit is one of the only known intact Titanic deck chair in the world. The chair had been given to the minister who performed so many of the burials at sea.

Deck Chair Reverend Henry W. Cunningham was the minister aboard the Minia during the body recovery and was given the deck chair in recognition of his work with burial and memorial services. One of his grandsons donated the chair to the museum. It bears a carved five-pointed star, the emblem of the White Star Line. This is one of the only intact chairs in the world that matches those visible in Titanic photographs. Made of mahogany and unidentified hardwood, the seat has been recaned.

Lounge Panelling Recovered with bodies by the cable ship Minia and kept by her captain W.G. Squares de Carteret who later donated it to the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. Contains musical instruments and scroll in the Louis XV style used for the lounge. Comparisons with surviving panelling from the Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, shows that carvers were given an outline but allowed to follow their own imagination in the details, so each carving is a unique piece of artwork. Comes from the arch over the forward entrance to the first class lounge, the area where the Titanic broke in half just before plunging to the bottom, hence the broken edges.

Newell Post Face From newell posts of either the forward or aft first class staircase, probably one of the end posts. Oak trim with a vegetable, fruit and flower design. Made of quarter-cut English white oak (the finest and most expensive cut from the tree). It's image is easily spotted in photographs, paintings and movie recreations of the Titanic's grand first class staircase. Like the lounge panelling, it was also recovered and donated to the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management by Captain W.G. Squares de Carteret of the cable ship Minia.