RMS Titanic, Inc., doing business as The Titanic Store, was formed for the purpose of exploring the wreck of the RMS Titanic and the surrounding ocean areas. The goal of RMS Titanic, Inc., is to retrieve artifacts and obtain oceanographic and scientific data, and then use that data and the retrieved artifacts for historical verification, scientific education, and public information. It is the Company’s purpose to preserve the memory of Titanic and all those who sailed with her, and to promote that memory with respect and regard for the Ship’s historical and maritime significance. The Company was granted salvor-in-possession rights to the wreck of the RMS Titanic by a United States Federal Court order in 1994. That order was reconfirmed in 1996. This award includes the exclusive rights to recover artifacts from the wreck site. During seven research and recovery expeditions conducted in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004, RMS Titanic, Inc. has recovered 5,500 artifacts, ranging from a massive 17-ton portion of the hull to a delicate child’s marble measuring only one-half inch in diameter. RMS Titanic, Inc. maintains a comprehensive digital archive of these recovered and conserved artifacts as well as photographic data from the site.