Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Holywood, Northern Ireland, has revealed that it has acquired a collection of more than 7,000 items relating to the ill-fated liner Titanic.

The artefacts come from the ship's parent company, White Star Line, and will go on display at the heart of a major exhibition due to launch on 31 May - TITANICa: The Exhibition.

Paul Louden Brown has been responsible for compiling the White Star Line collection, with uniforms, furniture, photographs, albums and official stationary among the items.

National Museums Northern Ireland head of human history William Blair also revealed that some of the fixtures and fittings from Olympic - Titanic's sister ship - will also go on show.

"For 50 years, from 1869 until 1919, there was never a day when Harland and Wolff did not have a ship under construction for the White Star Line so this collection reveals much about the maritime and industrial context of Titanic," said Blair.