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28 Nov 2012
Somerset museum seeks funding for £1.4m revamp
Somerset County Council is looking for funding to support a £1.4m revamp of the Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury. The council is hoping to secure a £675,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The project won initial approval for the refurbishment plans with the final proposal to be submitted to the HLF
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28 Nov 2012
Stevenage council seeks lottery funding to secure museum's future
Stevenage Borough Council is considering the future of its museum after a scrutiny committee discovered that both visits and web traffic have fallen sharply since cuts were made in 2010, which has resulted in reduced opening hours. The council is applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant to relocate the museum to improved premises and upgrade it to a Museum of the New Towns. A fallback position is a smaller grant to
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28 Nov 2012
Towcester museum set for launch
A new museum is set to open its doors in Towcester, Northamptonshire this weekend. The museum is intended to be a symbol of the town's pride in its history as one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in Britain and will be a focal point for tourism. There will be three exhibitions, the first traces the origins of the town from the Stone Age through the Bronze Age and Iron Ages to the end of the Roman occupation.
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28 Nov 2012
Bradford Industrial Museum goes green
Bradford Industrial Museum is looking to reduce its carbon footprint with the installation of solar panels. The £39,000 investment should produce enough power to pay for themselves in eight years. They are expected to meet 10 per cent of the museum’s electricity needs, as well as generating an income of £3,050 a year from feed-in tariff payments. The council is attempting to provide 20 per cent of its energy requirements
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28 Nov 2012
Museums Galleries Scotland appoints new chair
Douglas Connell has been named as the new chair of Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS). A lawyer by trade, Connell is a former chair of Edinburgh Book Festival, of the Lottery Committee of the Scottish Arts Council and of the Recognition Scheme Committee - a scheme which invests in nationally significant collections held outside the nationally run museums. He has also advised the National Gallery and the National Galleries of
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28 Nov 2012
Historic Scotland unveils its vision for Gaelic
Historic Scotland is to play a major role in the advancement of Gaelic after its plan to promote the language across the country was officially approved. The agency's five-year Gaelic Language Plan has been accepted by Bord na Gaidhlig, the government body responsible for supporting Gaelic in Scotland. The Plan
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27 Nov 2012
New Dubai city will boast 100 hotels and world's largest mall
A new city is to be built in Dubai which will feature the world's largest mall, a theme park complex and 100 hotels. Plans for the new Mohammed bin Rashid city were revealed by prime minister and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. As well as the gigantic Mall of the World, the city will also house 100 hotels, a 455-acre park and an
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27 Nov 2012
Plans underway for world's largest sculpture in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi will play host to a US$340m (263m euro, £212m) sculpture constructed entirely from oil barrels. The Mastaba, set to be the world's biggest permanent sculpture, will be 150m (492ft) high and 225m (738ft) wide with 60-degree slanted walls. The attraction, created by Bulgarian-born artist Christo, is to
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26 Nov 2012
Swiss art museum receives go ahead for new extension
Kunsthaus Zurich is set to be the largest art museum in Switzerland as plans to extend the attraction were approved this week. The proposed expansion was put to a public vote in Zurich resulting in 53.9 per cent of the city’s residents voting in
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23 Nov 2012
Hello Kitty Town opened at Malaysian resort
Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park has opened a Hello Kitty Town at its Malaysian resort. Located in Nusajaya Joho, the Hello Kitty Town is the first of its kind outside Japan and features walk-through experiences, interactive activities and Kitty-theme rides. The Town will house an interactive Black Wonder themed experience, a Hello Kitty House and the ‘Purfect' stage with live performances by Hello Kitty and friends My Melody and Little Twin Stars. A Wishful Studio will also be on offer where visitors can make jewellery, costume dress-up, make
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22 Nov 2012
SeaWorld to open third Aquatica waterpark
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is set to launch its third Aquatica waterpark in San Diego, US in early 2013. The Orlando-based company has acquired Knott's Soak City in San Diego, a standalone Southern California waterpark, from Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. Located in Chula Vista, the park is set to undergo extensive renovations to transform it into an Aquatica featuring a variety of water slides and rides, themed entertainment and exotic animals. Jim Atchison,
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22 Nov 2012
UK boasts four of top 10 European destinations
Four UK cities have been named in the Europe top 10 of TripAdvisor’s 2012 Travellers’ Choice Destinationsin the Rise awards. Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast and Liverpool came sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth respectively and Glasgow's popularity is expected to be given a further boost with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. "These awards are decided by those judges who really matter – travellers themselves," says TripAdvisor spokesperson, Emma Shaw. “Not only has traveller interest in their destination increased, but each city has also seen an increase in positive
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22 Nov 2012
Tourism is key to UK's growth, says minister
The government is fully behind the tourism industry, according to Culture Secretary, Maria Miller. The Jubilee, Olympics and Paralympics have resulted in a bumper year for UK tourism, with record tourism spend of £598m in August – a 9 per cent increase on 2011. Miller says the industry will need to innovative and be competitive to reap the benefits of this. She warned against complacency in the face of rising international
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