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02 May 2013
Aberdeen Art Gallery reveals £30m redevelopment plans
Aberdeen Art Gallery has revealed £30m plans to redevelop its premises, landing Heritage Lottery Fund support to progress the project. Designed by Glasgow architects Gareth Hoskins, the redevelopment would restore and modernise its buildings, bring to life its internationally significant permanent collections,
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02 May 2013
City of Culture 2013 faces funding shortfall
This year's City of Culture, Derry-Londonderry, may have to scale back its programme of events due to a funding shortfall. According to the BBC, total funding already committed to the event is £16.4m - most of which came from Northern Ireland's Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL). The funding
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01 May 2013
London Dungeon reopens on South Bank
Popular UK attraction The London Dungeon, operated by Merlin Entertainments, has reopened at a new location onthe city's South Bank following a £20m investment. Adjacent to two other Merlin Entertainments attractions - the London Eye and Sea Life London Aquarium - it boasts 18 shows, using actors within detailed sets, and two thrill rides. Features include a "medieval" lift, Guy Fawkes conspirators show, a maze set in
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01 May 2013
Fund launched to help communities celebrate Glasgow 2014
A new £4m fund has been launched in Scotland for communities wishing to celebrate Glasgow 2014 through sport, the arts, heritage, and local celebrations or events. Entitled Celebrate, the joint scheme between the Big Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund and SportScotland offers grants of up to £10,000 each. Events that celebrate the Games or Scottish links to the 71 nations and territories that make up the
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01 May 2013
British Museum progresses with £135m redevelopment
The British Museum has revealed it is progressing on schedule for the opening of its new £135m exhibition space, due to open in March 2014. Construction on the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre (WCEC) began in autumn 2011 in the north-west corner of the museum's central London estate. The redevelopment
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30 Apr 2013
Science Museum reveals details about new Information Age gallery
London's Science Museum has revealed details regarding its communications gallery Information Age, due to open in September 2014. The £15.6m space will include interactive displays and reveal personal stories about how human life has been transformed by communication innovations over the past 200 years. Covering
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30 Apr 2013
Holland's Rijksmuseum reopens after makeover
Holland's Rijksmuseum reopened on 14 April after a 10-year refurbishment. Now 80 galleries and 8000 objects tell 800 years of Dutch history. The much vaunted facelift has been masterminded by Seville architect, Cruz y Ortiz and the galleries have
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30 Apr 2013
Aquatic ride for New York's Battery
New York's Battery Conservancy has just celebrated the topping off of its latest attraction, the SeaGlass nautilus shell structure. An aquatic-themed ride, SeaGlass is a carousel inspired by the Battery's history as the first home of the New York
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30 Apr 2013
Dinosaur museum prepares to break ground
Plans for a dinosaur museum near Pipestone Creek, Canada, have been given a boost with news that the County of Grande Prairie will donate an additional CAN$5m (£3.2m, 3.8m euro US$4.9m),
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30 Apr 2013
George W Bush Presidential Centre launches tomorrow
All of the living US presidents attended the dedication of the George W Bush Presidential Centre on 25th April, ahead of its official launch on 1 May. Based at the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the centre houses a presidential library, the George W Bush Institute and a museum documenting Bush's eight years in office. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Florida recount all
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30 Apr 2013
VisitBritain and Emirates announce partnership
VisitBritain has announced a £2m, two-year partnership with Emirates airlines, as one of a number of government-driven initiatives to grow tourism to the UK 29 per cent by 2020. The partnership aims to bolster the convenience of Emirates' Dubai hub to connect travellers from South East Asia, Australia, India and
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30 Apr 2013
Imperial War Museum London to partially reopen
Imperial War Museum London will partially reopen its doors to the public on 29 July following its closure since 1 January. New family exhibition Horrible Histories: Spies, which focuses on WWII spy-craft, will be part of the museum's reopening, as will IWM Contemporary - which will display artworks that respond
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30 Apr 2013
Mary Rose Museum set for May opening
The Mary Rose Museum will open to the public on 31 May, at the same dockyard where the Tudor warship was built more than 500 years ago. The £27m (US$42m, 32m euro) museum was scheduled to open in autumn 2012 but a final fit out of interiors took longer than expected. In addition to the restored ship, which sank
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29 Apr 2013
Quassy Amusement Park to relaunch waterpark after US$5m revamp
The waterpark at Quassy Amusement Park in Connecticut, US is on track to introduce four new attractions for the 2013 season - nearly doubling the size of the waterpark. Formally known as Saturation Station, the waterpark has also undergone a re-branding and is now called "Splash Away Bay". Located on Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury, the project includes three huge waterslides: a BulletBowl tube slide and two FreeFall
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