Titanic exhibit comes to the Discovery Center in Boise More than 100 artifacts from the actual ship have made their way to Idaho and are on exhibit in Boise. Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 6:50 PM MDT April 15, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — Its ill-fated maiden voyage came to a halt exactly 109 years ago today. The unsinkable ship, well, sank. The RMS Titanic, the world's largest ship at the time, was just about 1,000 miles from New York when it collided with a 400-foot-wide iceberg and sank. Most of us over the age of 30 know more about it than we'd like to admit, getting our history lesson from Jack and Rose at the movie theatre in 1997.