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20 Dec 2016
825,000 flock to Shakespeare sites during 400th anniversary year
A record number of tourists visited the five historic houses of William Shakespeare in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. More than 825,000 people attended the attractions in the playwright's birthplace of in Stratford-Upon-Avon over the year, topping the record set in 2014 of 820,000 – his 450th
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19 Dec 2016
Six Flags bolsters China development with waterpark announcement
Six Flags’ rapid overseas expansion is ramping up with plans to build a new waterpark next to China’s first ever theme park operating under the brand’s banner. Sitting adjacent to Haiyan’s under-development Six Flags Zhejang, the waterpark will open at the same time as the theme park, with Six Flags Hurricane
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19 Dec 2016
TEA returning to Lapland in 2017 for SATE event
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is returning to the Arctic Circle in 2017, with the organisation planning to host a three day SATE (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) event in Rovaniemi, Finland. Themed around “sustainable futures”, speakers for the SATE Academy Days will include
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19 Dec 2016
Cruise industry evolving, says WhiteWater's Paul Chutter
Paul Chutter, chief business development officer at WhiteWater West, has said the cruise industry is rapidly changing, with a traditionally older audience now changing as the cruise experience evolves along with the company’s on-board waterpark installations. “The perception of the cruise ship experience is
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18 Dec 2016
Jazzland developer ups offer on abandoned New Orleans theme park
An offer has been made on a Six Flags theme park that was left desolate in the wake of Hurricane Ketrina and remains abandoned to this day. A developer has said they would pay US$3.26m (€3.1m, £2.6m) for the site, which is now owned by the New Orleans Industrial Development Board, with the aim of opening a new
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16 Dec 2016
HLF funds heritage training scheme for Scotland's canals
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £1.125m (US$1.4m, €1.35m) to the Scottish Waterways Trust (SWT) to finance a major skills and employability programme centred on three of the nation’s historic canals. The SWT, Scotland’s only national waterways charity, is expanding its Canal College – an outdoor
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16 Dec 2016
Science Museum gallery does away with numbers to tell the story of maths
David Rooney, lead curator for London’s Science Museum’s new mathematics gallery, has expressed his hope that the £5m (US$6.3m, €5.8m) addition will be able to help inspire people into taking an interest in maths by telling the stories of the subject instead of showing purely the statistics. Mathematics:
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15 Dec 2016
Moominland calls as Southbank Centre opens special exhibition
A brand new exhibition devoted to the strangely adorable Moomins is opening today (15 December) in London. Adventures in Moominland, which runs at the Southbank Centre until 23 April, will bring to life the fictional characters and their world, and tell the story of their creator, the late Finnish author Tove
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15 Dec 2016
Ecsite brings together senior members for 2016 Directors Forum
The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite) held its 2016 Directors Forum last month, bringing together senior members of the association for several days of learning and networking events. Hosted at Parque de las Ciencias in Granada, Spain, the forum brought together more than 55 senior
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15 Dec 2016
MuseumNext makes call for papers for Rotterdam conference
MuseumNext has made a call for papers for its European conference in Rotterdam next year, with a deadline set for 6 January. The 2016 edition of the conference – which takes place between 26-28 June – will be ‘Museum Gamechangers’, with Dr Maria Balshaw, Director of Whitworth, University of Manchester and
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15 Dec 2016
TEA bringing SATE event to UK in 2017
Taking place between 4-5 May, the TEA conference will bring together industry professionals, academics, attractions operators and owners to discuss a number of topics surrounding development for the future for cultural visitor attractions. The event will look at how museums and historic houses best tell their
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15 Dec 2016
Australia's first museum unveils AU$285m redevelopment masterplan
Sydney’s Australian Museum has unveiled a AU$285m(US$214m, €201m, £168.6m) masterplan proposing a new multi-storey extension to stretch over the top of its existing building in the largest redevelopment in the institution’s 189-year history. The Barrabuwari Muru (future path) masterplan by Hames Sharley places
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14 Dec 2016
Folly Farm one step closer to building lodges and glamping facilities
A Welsh farm attraction in Pembrokeshire is investing £10m (US$12.7m, €11.9m) to build on-site accommodation for its guests, who will be able to choose from a variety of styles of tepees and lodges. Folly Farm, a family-friendly adventure and animal park in Kilgetty, submitted a planning application for the
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