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21 Dec 2012
New high-tech theme park to enter China
A high-tech Fantawild Theme Park is set to launch its first phase in Xiamen, China early next year. The theme park represents phase one of the Huaqiang Science and Technology Industrial Park, the brainchild of Shenzhen Huaqiang Holdings. Located in Xiamen's northern Tong'an District, the theme park will
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21 Dec 2012
Oakwood Theme Park announces £4m investment
Wales’ Oakwood Theme Park has announced that it will be investing £4m in its facilities ahead of the 2013 summer season. The investment will see a new restaurant and café, family park area, themed retail areas and series of new rides and experiences at the Pembrokeshire attraction, which includes more than 30 rides and experiences set in 80 acres of countryside. A family-friendly facility will include baby-changing
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20 Dec 2012
Wales’ coal museum installs solar panels
Wales’ national coal mining museum will get a boost from cleaner solar energy in an effort to reduce energy bills and its carbon footprint. Big Pit, which is also a working coalmine, has installed 200 photovoltaic solar panels on its museum building
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20 Dec 2012
April opening for California’s Legoland Hotel
Legoland has announced it will open its first US hotel on 5 April 2013 at its Californian resort. The three-storey hotel will feature interactive Lego décor and includes a pool and lounge area, patio, event space and buffet restaurant. Located at
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19 Dec 2012
Panel announced for rebranded Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries
A panel of judges has been announced for next year’s Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries, now rebranded Museum of the Year. Applications for the award, which was created in 2001 to recognise originality and excellence in UK museums and galleries, will open 2 January and will be whittled down to 10 finalists of which a winner will be decided and granted £100,000.
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19 Dec 2012
HMS Caroline receives £1m lifeline to become museum
The last surviving First World War ship, HMS Caroline, has been given a £1m boost for urgent repair works with plans in the pipeline to turn the vessel into a floating museum. The grant to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) from the
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19 Dec 2012
Rhino take up residence in new Chessington attraction: ZUFARI
The first inhabitants of Chessington World of Adventures' new themed land, ZUFARI: Ride into Africa, have arrived. The Surrey theme park is now home to three white rhinos, which have come from zoos in Holland, France and Portugal, necessitating the need for the zookeepers to learn commands in all languages. Over the next few weeks the rhino will be joined by other animals including Rothschild giraffes, greater flamingos, blesbok, Nile lechwe and Grevy's zebra. ZUFARI will be a theme park adventure crossed with a safari experience. Visitors will take a safari truck expedition into an African kingdom, where a specialist conservation team
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18 Dec 2012
January launch for Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi
Yas Waterworld, marketed as Abu Dhabi's first waterpark, has announced it will open its doors on 24 January 2013, having previously expected to open by the end of the year. Spread across 15 hectares (37 acres), the waterpark will feature a range of 43 rides, slides and attractions. Four of the park's rides will be unique to the attraction. These include the Bandit
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18 Dec 2012
National Media Museum announces job cuts
Bradford’s National Media Museum (NMeM) has announced more details regarding its plans to cut costs and re-emphasise the public offer, with the first phase of this concluding in January. In October it was revealed the West Yorkshire attraction was
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18 Dec 2012
Australia’s Queensland Art Gallery appoints new director
Australia’s Queensland Art Gallery, in Brisbane, has appointed Chris Saines as its new director. Australian-born Saines, who will take up his new role on 29 April 2013, has 30 years’ experience working in public art institutions in Australia and New Zealand and has been director of the Auckland Art Gallery since 1996. During his tenure at the New Zealand gallery he led a NZ$121m (US$102.18m, 77.60m euro, £63.07m) building
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18 Dec 2012
Royal BC Museum in Vancouver working on masterplan
Vancouver's Royal B.C. Museum, which tells the story of British Columbia, is working on a masterplan to consolidate its operations on one site. According to the museum, the motivation is better preservation of its collections and to enhance the visitor experience. Shortlisted architects are currently responding to a request for proposals, closing in January, for the job of preparing the masterplan. The winner will be
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17 Dec 2012
Cultural attraction opens in Hervey Bay, Australia
Humpback whales and other species from the local environment are among the displays at Australia's Fraser Coast Cultural Centre, which opened 6 December. The AU$4m (US$4.22m, 3.21m euro, £2.61m) centre, in Hervey Bay, Queensland, is home to the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and the Fraser Coast Discovery Sphere, which hosts a theatre experience showcasing underwater imagery and a full sized reproduction of a whale skeleton. An 11.5m hardwood and steel sculpture of a breaching
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17 Dec 2012
York Art Gallery's major upgrade granted Arts Council funds
The York Art Gallery will close for refurbishment for the next two years due to a £3.5m lottery grant from Arts Council England. The gallery will close its doors 31 December in preparation for the £8m development, which is also receiving funding from the Foyle Foundation, Sir Siegmund Warburg's Voluntary
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