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Abu Dhabi’s Yas Waterworld opens to public
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 31 Jan 2013
Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island has opened its latest attraction, US$245m (180m euro,
£155m) waterpark Yas Waterworld, to the public on 20 January – four days earlier
than its planned official opening.
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US$220m Miami art museum to launch in December
BY Aoife Dowling | 30 Jan 2013
A new multi-million dollar Miami art museum is set to open in December that will anchor a 29-acre
Museum Park featuring public gardens and sculpture installations.
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Bristol mayor backs proposed aerospace attraction
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 30 Jan 2013
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.
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Museums Sheffield faces 10 per cent cut in council funding
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 30 Jan 2013
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.
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St Albans museums set for a £6.75m revamp
BY Aoife Dowling | 30 Jan 2013
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.
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Kentucky Kingdom could reopen by 2014
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 29 Jan 2013
Louisville's Kentucky Kingdom theme park, US, closed since 2009, may reopen in
2014, with a new lease approved for the site.
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National Glass Centre set for £2.5m revamp
BY Aoife Dowling | 24 Jan 2013
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.
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Oxford's Story Museum lands Art Council grant
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 24 Jan 2013
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.
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SciQuarium attraction to open at Natural Science Center, US
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 24 Jan 2013
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.
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New Discovery Science Center to open in LA
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 23 Jan 2013
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.
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Columbus Museum of Art reveals plans for new wing
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 23 Jan 2013
The Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, US, has revealed plans for the third and
final phase of its US$63m (47.23m euro, £39.66m) expansion, set to start in late
spring.
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Gandhi theme park to be launched in India
BY Aoife Dowling | 22 Jan 2013
The Sewagram Ashram near Wardha Gandhi, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for six years after the Dandi
March, is set to be transfromed into a tourist attraction featuring a theme park. The visitor attraction is
being developed with an estimated cost of Rs 62 crore (US$11.5m, 8.6m euro, £7.3m).
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