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10 Jul 2012
National Football Museum launches at new Manchester home
Image: The NFM includes FootballPlus experiences
The National Football Museum (NFM) - an attraction exploring Britain's cultural heritage through football - has opened at its new location within Manchester's iconic Urbis building.
Formerly located at Preston's Deepdale stadium, the new visitor
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10 Jul 2012
British Museum unveils new-look Citi Money Gallery
Image: The British Museum's Citi Money Gallery
The British Museum has announced the opening of its new Citi Money Gallery, following a major refurbishment of the space housing the institution's extensive money collection.
First opened in 1997, the gallery now incorporates two thematic
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10 Jul 2012
Funding boost for Warsaw's new Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Image: The new museum complex in central Warsaw
The new Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ) - currently being built in the heart of Warsaw and due to open in the second half of 2013 - has secured two major donations.
A US$7m (EUR5.7m, £4.5m) grant has been received from the US-based
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10 Jul 2012
New report forecasts positive impact of Edinburgh Zoo's pandas
Image: The two pandas arrived in December 2011
Two giant pandas currently living at Edinburgh Zoo could attract £28m worth of additional visitor expenditure for the local economy, according to a new independent report.
Scottish Enterprise found the arrival of Tian Tian and Yang Guang could
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10 Jul 2012
Tiffany and Co Foundation grant for Rijksmuseum jewellery gallery
Image: The musuem is receiving an extensive revamp
The US-based Tiffany and Co Foundation has approved funding towards the new jewellery gallery at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands - part of a wider renovation project.
A 15m (49ft)-long showcase with 300 pieces of jewellery dating
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10 Jul 2012
HOK to lead masterplan design team for Dubai's World Expo bid
Image: Dubai is bidding to host the 2020 World Expo
HOK has been appointed to lead the design team responsible for drawing up a masterplan for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) bid to host the 2020 World Expo in Dubai.
Populous, Arup and Thinkwell will work along with the architecture and design
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10 Jul 2012
AmbITion Scotland launches digital fund for cultural/heritage sector
AmbITion Scotland has launched the new £400,000 Make:IT:Happen fund in a bid to assist cultural and heritage groups in capitalising on opportunities presented by digital technology.
The fund comprises four digital investment strands, including AmbITion Approach offering up to £5,000 towards supporting groups in the early stages of digital development.
Sustainable AmbITion also offers support worth up to £5,000 to
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09 Jul 2012
Hirst elected Tourism Alliance chair; launches new three-year strategy
Image: Michael Hirst is new Tourism Alliance chair
A three-year Tourism Alliance strategy targeting five "core issues" in need of government action has been launched by the organisation's newly-elected chair, Michael Hirst.
Hirst has succeeded Brigid Simmonds as chair of the UK sector's umbrella agency, which represents more than 50 businesses spanning the entire tourism industry.
In his new role,
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09 Jul 2012
Heritage Lottery Fund announces new five-year investment strategy
Image: The strategy runs between 2013 and 2018
A new five-year investment strategy designed to help create a "stronger and more resilient" UK heritage economy has been launched by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
HLF chair Dame Jenny Abramsky revealed plans to work with sector organisations
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05 Jul 2012
Heritage Lottery Fund announces £2m for Yorkshire schemes
Image: Conisborough Castle has received £900,000
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that £2m worth of confirmed support will be shared among two major conservation and restoration schemes in Yorkshire.
Doncaster's Conisborough Castle is to undergo a £1.1m programme of improvements
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05 Jul 2012
New York's Pace Gallery to open new London exhibition space
Image: Pace Gallery will open at 6 Burlington Gardens
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has announced that New York, US-based Pace Gallery is to open a new London exhibition space within a part of 6 Burlington Gardens' west wing.
It follows a competitive tendering process organised by the
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05 Jul 2012
Theatres Trust: 49 UK theatre buildings 'at risk of being lost'
Image: Margate's Theatre Royal is a new addition
A new report from the Theatres Trust has found that nearly 50 theatre buildings in the UK are "at risk of being lost" unless owners work with local stakeholders to safeguard their future.
In its annual Theatre Buildings At Risk Register
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