Queen Mary Visitors Guide

By Kayte Deioma, About.com Guide

The Queen Mary exhibits, accessible on the Self-Guided Tour, re-create her history as both an elegant ocean liner and a military transport.

Cruise liner exhibits include staterooms, dining rooms, beauty salon, gym, hospital, nursery, and additional exhibits of furnishings, art and cruise clothing of the period.

The military exhibits include sleeping quarters, galley, hospital, and uniforms as well as military documents and a documentary about the ship's military time.

Other exhibits include the engine room, the wheel house and the radio room. An Art Gallery houses a collection of original art from the ship.

The Queen Mary also hosts touring exhibits in the Sundeck Gallery and various other spaces aboard the ship.

Next to the Queen Mary is the Russian Foxtrot Submarine "Scorpion." The sub was built in 1972 in Leningrad and used to search for and track enemy forces during the Cold War, especially in the Pacific Ocean. It was decommissioned by the Russian Navy in 1994, and found a new home next to the Queen Mary attraction in 1998 after a brief tour in Australia. It is available to tour with combined or separate admission.