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30 Jan 2013
Bristol mayor backs proposed aerospace attraction
Bristol mayor George Ferguson has announced his support for a proposed aerospace attraction at the Filton airfield that would showcase aircraft, helicopters, aero-engines and missiles, and also provide a home for Concorde 216. In a letter to Iain
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30 Jan 2013
Museums Sheffield faces 10 per cent cut in council funding
Museums Sheffield has received confirmation it will face a reduction in council funding for the next financial year, and has said it will reduce core expenditure and focus on income generation as a result. The 10 per cent cut will amount to a £200,000 reduction in budget annually and will be effective from April
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30 Jan 2013
St Albans museums set for a £6.75m revamp
St Albans' Town Hall will be transformed into a museum with a basement gallery over the next five years as part of a multi-million pound redevelopment project. St Albans City and District Council's 10-year vision to improve the City's museums
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29 Jan 2013
BAM Construction wins £5.3m Plymouth contract
BAM Construction has secured a £5.3m contract as part of a £7m project to redevelop Plymouth's landmark Theatre Royal. The Devon-based contractor will re-clad the building's curtain walling and refurbish the front-of-house area including the box office and restaurant. New catering facilities will be introduced
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29 Jan 2013
Leeds brewery gets grant to become contemporary art gallery
A contemporary art centre being built in a former Leeds brewery has been granted £225,500 Arts Council funding ahead of its opening in autumn this year. Project Space Leeds will use the grant to transform three floors of The Tetley building into exhibition space, event and retail space, learning and community
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29 Jan 2013
Kentucky Kingdom could reopen by 2014
Louisville's Kentucky Kingdom theme park, US, closed since 2009, may reopen in 2014, with a new lease approved for the site. The investors, Kentucky Kingdom LLP, must now secure private loans of US$25m (18.58m euro, £15.82m) towards the US$45m (33.44m euro, £28.48m) project, before the park can open, following its lease agreement with the Kentucky State Fair Board. The 50-year lease will cost US$475,000 (352,926m, £300,592) for the first year, increasing to US$50,000
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28 Jan 2013
Los Angeles art gallery The Broad to open January 2014
Contemporary Los Angeles art gallery The Broad is to open January 2014, with a ceremony held to mark the completion of its steel frame this month. Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad are financing the $130m (96.50m euro, £82.60m) project, which will exhibit works by Jean Michel Basquiat, Joseph Beuys, Keith
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28 Jan 2013
Europe's longest zip line is set to open in Gwynedd, Wales
A zip line in Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, which will see visitors travel through the sky at speeds of up to 75mph, is set to launch on 16 March 2013. Located in Penrhyn Quarry, which was once the largest quarry in the world, the attraction will
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24 Jan 2013
Dance studio and theatre to replace Derby leisure centre
A dance studio and theatre will replace part of Queen's Leisure Centre in Derby, which has been deemed not fit for purpose. Art Council funding, announced on 22 January, gave local dance academy Déda - which currently neighbours Queen's Leisure - the means to go ahead with the expansion, due to start April 2014.
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24 Jan 2013
National Glass Centre set for £2.5m revamp
Work will begin this month on a £2.25m redevelopment of the National Glass Centre at the University of Sunderland following a successful fundraising campaign. The latest funding came from the Arts Council England's Large Capital Programme
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24 Jan 2013
Oxford's Story Museum lands Art Council grant
Children's storytelling and literature attraction the Story Museum, in Oxford, UK, has received Art Council England funding for the modernisation of its facilities, due to open in 2015. The museum - which aims to inspire learning, improve language skills and build confidence in children - currently occupies a dilapidated building, which it is using for "atmospheric" events and exhibitions. The museum received £465,000
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24 Jan 2013
SciQuarium attraction to open at Natural Science Center, US
The Natural Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, has announced it will open its SciQuarium in early summer this year, the first phase in a three stage investment programme to continue over the next three years. Natural Science Center
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23 Jan 2013
Estonia National Museum to open in 2016
A new national museum will launch in Tartu, Estonia in late 2016. Located in the city's Raadi district, the Estonia National Museum (ENM) will be funded by the Estonian Government. Director of the museum, Estonian politician Tonis Lukas, said
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23 Jan 2013
New Discovery Science Center to open in LA
Funding has been approved for the Discovery Science Center in Orange County to go ahead with development of a new education and science attraction in Los Angeles, US. Finance was approved by the Los Angeles City Council for the 58,000sq ft facility, which will be spread over two storeys and provide hands-on
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