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New Heritage Lottery Fund to revive historic UK buildings
BY Katie Buckley | 24 Jun 2014
A new type of grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has been awarded to
the Northern Counties building in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, securing
funding to transform it from a decaying shell to a boutique hotel.
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UNESCO launches pilot phase for South Sudan National Museum
BY Katie Buckley | 23 Jun 2014
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO’s)
overarching aim of ‘Building peace in the minds of men and women’, has
moved one step further in Africa, with the official launch of the pilot stage of
South Sudan's National Museum Project.
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New tech, innovations and trends revealed at MuseumNext
BY Jak Phillips | 20 Jun 2014
Speaking alongside Sam Billington, Taylor discussed the importance of Google’s
upcoming Project Tango – a device which will contain customised hardware and
software designed to track full 3D motion, while simultaneously creating a map
of the surrounding environment – which was said to have “huge implications”
for the future of museums.
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Whale ban could mean ‘life or death’ for Vancouver Aquarium
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Jun 2014
Amid recent controversy over housing whales and dolphins in aquarium
settings, Vancouver Aquarium’s CEO John Nightingale has said that the
restriction of such animals would “destroy research” and become a “life-and-
death” matter for the aquarium’s continued existence.
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Giant OdySea aquarium coming to the Arizona desert
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Jun 2014
A huge 200,000sq ft (18,580sq m) aquarium will open in late 2015 as part of a
US$175m (€128m, £103m) entertainment complex in Arizona, US, with work to
start in August later this year.
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BIG wins contest to design bespoke watch museum in Switzerland
BY Katie Buckley | 16 Jun 2014
Danish architectural practice, Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG) has won a contest to
expand the world famous head quarters of luxury watchmaker Audemars
Piguet in Vallée de Joux, Switzerland, to include a new design museum.
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Holovis
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IDEATTACK
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iPlayCO
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