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01 Jun 2012
Museums Galleries Scotland announces successful funding applicants
Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has announced that 19 applicants across the country have been successful in securing a share of £250,000 through its main grant fund.
North Lanarkshire Council is among those to receive funding, with a £21,180 award going towards the restoration of a replica Vulcan - the first all iron-hulled boat launched in 1819.
Elsewhere, South Ayrshire Council has secured more than £15,000 to
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01 Jun 2012
New Hall of Palaeontology to open at Houston Museum of Natural Science
Image: The hall forms part of HMNS' expansion plans
A new US$85m (EUR68m, £55m) Hall of Palaeontology featuring more than 30 dinosaurs opens to the public at Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) in Texas, US, tomorrow (2 June).
The 30,000sq ft (2,787sq m) facility forms part of a wider
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01 Jun 2012
Birmingham's Thinktank to open new Science Garden attraction
Image: The new Science Garden opens on 2 June
A new outdoor interactive exploration space - the Thinktank Science Garden - is to open its doors to the public at Birmingham's Thinktank science attraction in the UK tomorrow (2 June).
Features include a human-sized hamster wheel; an 8m
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01 Jun 2012
New high ropes adventure course to open in Bournemouth
Image: The new attraction opens later this month
BH Live, the leisure and cultural trust responsible for operating a number of facilities across Bournemouth, is to open a new high ropes adventure course at Littledown Park on 16 June.
Altitude is sited within the 47-acre (19-hectare) park and
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01 Jun 2012
VisitEngland: 4 million Brits planning Jubilee 'staycation'
Image: 4 million Brits are planning an overnight trip
Around 4 million British residents are planning at least one overnight stay in the UK this weekend, according to VisitEngland's Diamond Jubilee Trip Tracker.
The figure represents 8 per cent of the adult population, with 3.4 million Brits
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01 Jun 2012
Universal Studios Hollywood unveils Transformers: The Ride-3D
Image: The experience is themed on Transformers
Transformers: The Ride-3D has signalled the launch of the "next generation of immersive themed rides" at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in California, US.
The experience - based on the Hasbro brand and film franchise directed
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01 Jun 2012
Merlin plans fifth US Legoland Discovery Centre in New York state
Image: The new LDC will be the fifth in the US
International visitor attraction operator Merlin Entertainments has announced plans to open its fifth US Legoland Discovery Centre (LDC) at Ridge Hill Mall in New York state.
Located in Westchester County, the US$12m (EUR9.7m, £7.8m) Lego-themed
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01 Jun 2012
Lincoln Clarke named chief executive of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Image: Lincoln Clarke is the new chief executive
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - the home of naval attractions such as HMS Victory - has appointed Lincoln Clarke as its new chief executive, with effect from September.
Clarke will join the organisation from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon and will be responsible for delivering a five-year strategy for growth.
The
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01 Jun 2012
Cambridge University reopens Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Image: The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Cambridge University has announced the reopening of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, following the completion of a £1.8m redevelopment programme.
Home to one of the UK's most significant collections detailing the history of humanity,
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31 May 2012
ACE opens application process for Designation development fund
Museums are now able to bid for funding from Arts Council England's (ACE) Designation development fund, which focuses on collections of national and international importance.
The fund will support projects that look to ensure the long-term sustainability of Designated collections, as well as projects that maximise their public value and the sharing of best practice.
ACE has earmarked £2.1m for Designated projects
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31 May 2012
Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali to design Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Image: The museum will be located at LACMA West
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali to design the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in California, US.
Los Angeles-based Pali is the design principal and co-founder of Studio Pali
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31 May 2012
July opening for Chichester's new £6.9m Novium museum
Image: The £6.9m Novium museum will open in July
The Novium, a new £6.9m museum developed around the remains of a Roman bath house in the centre of Chichester, West Sussex, is to open its doors to the public on 8 July.
Keith Williams Architects are behind the design of the new attraction,
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31 May 2012
English Heritage welcomes government's heritage reforms
English Heritage, the national historic environment agency, has welcomed a number of reforms contained with the newly-published Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
Among alterations to the legislation is the merger of conservation area consent back into the planning system, while the establishment of Heritage Partnership agreements has also been enabled.
The organisation said improvements to the heritage
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31 May 2012
New genome exhibit planned for Smithsonian's natural history museum
Image: NMNH's new genome exhibit opens next year
A new exhibit celebrating the first complete human genome sequence is to open next year at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Washington DC, US.
The attraction has partnered with the National Human Genome Research
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