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19 Dec 2019
Contemporary Calgary on track for January opening
Contemporary Calgary – an upcoming art gallery housed in the former Centennial Planetarium in Calgary, Canada – has completed the first phase of its transformation. The Centennial Planetarium – known for its brutalist architecture – features an imposing concrete dome atop the main structure - has undergone a
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18 Dec 2019
£175m waterpark and spa proposal must wait until March 2020 for green light
Plans for a £175m (US$228.7m, €205.7m) indoor tropical waterpark and spa in Manchester, UK, will have to wait until March for approval, with the local council set to consider the proposal in March 2020. Therme Group and developer Peel L&P initially submitted plans in July 2019 for public consultation, with a
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18 Dec 2019
Bewilderwood to open second site in Cheshire
Bewilderwood, a UK-based adventure park that combines storytelling with outdoor play, is set to open its second site in Cheshire. The new park, which is expected to open in Q2 2020, will occupy 70-acres of countryside beside the historic Cholmondeley Castle in South Cheshire, and expects to welcome more than
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17 Dec 2019
Children's Science Centre secures final funding for US$75m development
The Children's Science Center (CSC), an upcoming science centre in Sterling, Virginia, has received a US$10m (£7.5m, €8.9m) donation from the Northwest Federal Credit Union that will enable the centre to begin construction. Expected to cost US$75m (£56.9m, €67.2), the CSC is reported to have raised 85 per cent
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17 Dec 2019
Moreau Kusunoki Architects to create cultural hyper-platform in Sydney
Moreau Kusunoki Architects, working with local firm Genton, have won a competition to transform Sydney's Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences with a design aimed at challenging the perception of a conventional museum. The new Powerhouse Parramatta venue is envisaged as a multi-functional "hyper-platform"
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17 Dec 2019
Moscow theme park Dream Island set for late February opening
Construction at Dream Island Park, the new theme park in Moscow, is progressing towards a first phase opening date of 29 February 2020. The park, which is situated on 100 hectares of the Nagatinsky floodplain near Moscow city centre, says it will be the largest indoor theme park in Europe. A second phase of
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17 Dec 2019
Outgoing MP Nicky Morgan to stay on as culture secretary
Nicky Morgan has been reappointed culture secretary, despite having retired from the House of Commons as a member of parliament. In a surprise move, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made Morgan a life peer, allowing her to continue to lead the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) from the
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16 Dec 2019
€17.5m plans to open National Resistance museum in Milan
Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini has announced plans for a national museum dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement during World War II in Milan. The museum, called the Museo Nazionale della Resistenza, has been in talks for a number of years, with ministers finally agreeing to add an additional
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16 Dec 2019
Expo 2020 signs up Dubai Culture as partner to develop cultural offering
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) is to play a key role in delivering the creative aspects of Expo 2020, the major global event to be held in the city from October 2020 to April 2021. Named Official Cultural Supporter for the Expo, it will seek to promote and enhance the UAE's art scene, using the
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16 Dec 2019
Weiss/Manfredi to reimagine the La Brea Tar Pits
Weiss/Manfredi have been chosen to lead a masterplanning project for the 13ac (5ha) campus of the La Brea Tar Pits, which is described as the world’s only active paleontological research facility in a major urban area. Tar Pits form when a type of naturally occurring petroleum leaks to the surface of the ground
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13 Dec 2019
Nominees named for European Museum of the Year
The European Museum of the Year 2020 will be won by one of 61 nominated institutions now announced by the European Museum Forum. Among those included are eight from Switzerland, including the Landesmuseum in Zurich, six from Russia, including the AZ Museum in Moscow, and five from each of Belgium, the Netherlands
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12 Dec 2019
Disney Springs set to debut new Cirque du Soleil show in April
A new Cirque du Soleil show is set to open next year at Disney Springs, part of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Drawn to Life is the product of a collaboration between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering. It tells the story of Julie, a girl who
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12 Dec 2019
JKMM Architects to design new annexe for National Museum of Finland
JKMM Architects have won a competition to create a new annexe for the National Museum of Finland with a disc-shaped, pavilion-like design that connects its interior with the museum's previously underused garden through floor-to-ceiling windows. The competition brief sought additional exhibition space and
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