ATLANTA --- The brightly lit room looks like any nondescript warehouse packed with boxes and dusty shelves, but inside this plain brick building is nearly $200 million worth of treasures from the world's most famous shipwreck.

The 5,500-piece collection contains almost everything recovered from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which has sat 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean since it sank April 15, 1912. When the fine china, brine-soaked shoes and water-stained sheet music aren't on tour, they have a permanent home in Atlanta, the headquarters of Premier Exhibitions, which has guardianship over the artifacts.

"It's like the Smithsonian -- you could be here for weeks and not see everything," said Leslie Cone, an assistant registrar with Premier.

About 200 pieces from the Titanic collection went on display at the Georgia Aquarium on Friday, the first time the show has been at an aquarium.

Officials with Premier are hoping the tactic will breathe new life into the 14-year-old show and help visitors better grasp the role the ocean has played in the story of the ill-fated ship. Aquarium officials hope the exhibition will bring more visitors to one of the world's largest fish tanks, where attendance has been on a steady decline since it opened in 2005.

The Titanic collection has helped unlock the mystery behind what was once the world's largest passenger ship, which became the grave of 1,517 people. The collection includes everything from fine china and cookware to a 30,000-pound hunk of the ship's hull.

In the "paper room" of the warehouse, sheet music, currency and journals bear stains and some tears but few other signs they were in the ocean for decades. In the room where metals are stored, an asparagus pot and a wok have some dents, holes and a vivid green patina but look more like they were pulled out of an attic rather than a ship wreck.