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26 Feb 2020
North America's first whale sanctuary coming to Canada
Plans have been announced to establish the first sanctuary in North America for captive whales retired from parks and aquariums. Led by the Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP), the area in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, will be ready to receive its first cetaceans by the end of 2021. WSP will work with Sherbrooke and
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26 Feb 2020
Bob Chapek named new Disney CEO as Iger steps aside
Disney CEO Bob Iger has stepped down from the role to concentrate on directing the company's creative output, with Disney veteran Bob Chapek taking the reins at the head of the organisation. Iger's contract with Disney expires at the end of 2021, and as well as overseeing its creative endeavours, he will also
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24 Feb 2020
Catherine Toolan to replace departing Paul Carty at Guinness Storehouse
Ireland's top attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, is to come under new leadership from April, with Catherine Toolan replacing Paul Carty as managing director. Carty is stepping into retirement after 18 years in the role, during which time it has grown from 300,000 annual visitors in 2002 to almost 1.8 million
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21 Feb 2020
Texas Kalahari Water Park scheduled for November 2020 opening
A new US$550m (€509m, £426m) African-themed water park and resort from Kalahari Resorts & Conventions is due to open in Round Rock, Texas, in November 2020. With 1.5 million square feet (457,000sq m) of resort space, Kalahari said the resort would be its largest yet, and would also be America's largest indoor
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21 Feb 2020
Coronavirus delays opening of teamLab SuperNature Macao
The opening of teamLab's SuperNature Macao museum of immersive digital artworks in Macau, China, has been delayed until further notice as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Originally due to open this month, the 5,000sq m (54,000sq ft), the attraction is located in an expo hall at Sands Resorts Macao's
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21 Feb 2020
Northern Ireland's The Gobbins in line for £11m development
Plans for an £11m (US$14.2m, €13m) extension to The Gobbins, a famous cliff-face path at Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, have made significant progress, according to the local borough council. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is preparing an outline business case for the project – called The
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21 Feb 2020
London's V&A Museum of Childhood to close for two-year redevelopment
Creating an "unforgettable first museum experience for children" is the aim of the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, which has announced it will close in May 2020 to undergo a two-year, £13m (US$16.9m, €15.7m) transformation. It said the "reimagination" of its collections, galleries, building and public
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20 Feb 2020
Hassell's grass-covered dome will celebrate the stars at Jodrell Bank
Construction has begun on a Hassell-designed grass-covered dome pavilion at Jodrell Bank to help celebrate the site’s heritage and the beginnings of radio astronomy when it opens in 2021. Jodrell Bank is located in Cheshire, UK, and is home to one of the world’s largest and most powerful radio telescopes, the
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20 Feb 2020
Record results in 2019 for Cedar Fair after water park acquisitions
Cedar Fair has hailed its most successful ever year following the release of its financial results for 2019. The amusement resort operator, which has 13 properties in the US and Canada, released two sets of figures: those for its full operations including the two Schlitterbahn waterparks it acquired in July 2019;
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18 Feb 2020
Edwardian swimming baths restored for use as arts venue
Donald Insall Associates have completed restoration work of Edwardian architecture at Grade II listed heritage swimming baths that are being converted for use as an arts and culture venue. Moseley Road Baths are said to be the only baths in the UK built before 1914 to have continuously hosted swimming since
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18 Feb 2020
£900k Coastal Forces museum to open in Gosport
A new museum, dedicated to the smaller craft used by the Royal Navy in both world wars, is set to open in Gosport, Hampshire, in 2021. The Coastal Forces Museum is expected to open in Q2 2021 and will be dedicated to the Coastal Forces, a smaller division of the Royal Navy that operated smaller craft, such as
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17 Feb 2020
Educational museum for infamous Sing Sing prison gains development funding
A proposed museum based on the site of New York's notorious Sing Sing Correctional Facility has received key funding grants from corporate and national institutions, bringing its non-state funding to more than US$1m (€920,000, £770,000). The maximum-security prison opened in 1825 and holds around 1,700 inmates.
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