A Titanic Week for the Famous

Fame is the focus, in various ways, of three very different exhibits opening this week.

The redundantly titled “Hall of Fame Hall of Fame” at the Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco assembles hundreds of objects from more than 50 halls of fame in the United States. The range is mind-boggling. Besides baseball and rock ‘n’ roll, there are halls of fame for fly-fishing, fiddlers, hot dogs, Frisbees, cowgirls, croquet, poultry, quackery and trapshooting, to name just a few.

The exhibit runs Tuesday through Feb. 23. The museum is at 701 Mission St. Information: (415) 978-2787. Starting today, the San Jose Museum of Art examines megastars Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as objects of sexual idolatry and obsessive worship. “Elvis + Marilyn: 2 X Immortal” displays more than 100 artworks, including Andy Warhol’s famous portrait “Four Marilyns” (1967), and the stars variously posed on altars and crucifixes. Lectures and special events, including a film festival, accompany the exhibit, which runs through Feb. 23. Information: (408) 271-6840.

This year’s expedition to the Titanic shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean is the subject of “Titanic: The Expedition,” opening Wednesday at the Nauticus National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Va. The 1996 trip failed in its main mission to recover the ship’s hull, but did dredge up a telegraph, soup tureen and other objects. The exhibit, running through March 31, focuses on technology used in the expedition. In 1912, more than 1,500 died when the luxury ocean liner struck an iceberg. Information: (757) 664-1000.