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New CEO appointed to Edinburgh Zoo
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2012
Professor Chris West, the current chief executive officer of the Royal
Zoological Society of South Australia (RZSSA), has been appointed to the same
role at Edinburgh Zoo, UK.
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New heritage centre for south Liverpool
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2012
PLB, the Malton-based design consultancy, has completed work on a new heritage
centre at The Florence Institute in Toxteth, Liverpool, as part of a wider £6.4m
regeneration project.
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FIFA plans new museum for Zurich base
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2012
FIFA, the international governing body for football, is planning to establish a
new museum dedicated to the sport as part of an expansion of its Zurich base in
Switzerland.
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June launch for Thinktank Science Garden
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2012
Thinktank has announced that a new outdoor interactive exploration space - the
Thinktank Science Garden - will open to visitors at the Birmingham, UK science
attraction on 2 June.
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Titanic exhibit launches at Mystic Aquarium
BY Pete Hayman | 18 Apr 2012
A new multi-million dollar installation marking the 100th anniversary of
Titanic's ill-fated voyage in 1912 has opened at Mystic Aquarium in
Connecticut, US.
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Turner gallery worth £13.8m to Kent
BY Pete Hayman | 17 Apr 2012
A new report has found that Turner Contemporary in Margate, a £17.4m gallery
dedicated to the life of artist JMW Turner, has generated £13.8m of value for
the Kent economy.
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Charities' concern over new tax relief cap
BY Pete Hayman | 17 Apr 2012
Heritage and arts sector organisations including the Museums Association and the
Art Fund have joined a campaign against fresh plans to cap tax relief on major
charitable donations.
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Guggenheim Helsinki gains mayoral approval
BY Tom Walker | 17 Apr 2012
Helsinki mayor Jussi Pajunen has formally offered financial backing to plans for
the establishment of a fourth European Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital.
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London's Wellington Arch to reopen
BY Pete Hayman | 17 Apr 2012
English Heritage has announced that Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, London,
will become the capital's "latest exhibition space" when it reopens to the
public on 9 May.
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Great Wolf confirms 'superior' KSL approach
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Apr 2012
Great Wolf Resorts (GWR), the Wisconsin-based operator of 11 waterparks in the
US and Canada, has confirmed that it has received a committed offer from KSL
Capital Partners.
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£537k funding for Hadrian's Wall project
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Apr 2012
SITA Trust, the not-for-profit funding organisation, has announced it has
awarded £537,000 towards a project designed to "properly conserve" the central
section of Hadrian's Wall.
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US shuttle to make Smithsonian move
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Apr 2012
Final preparations are being made to transport retired US space shuttle
Discovery to its new home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum, Virginia, on 17 April.
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July opening for National Football Museum
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Apr 2012
The National Football Museum (NFM) has revealed that it will open at its new
Manchester home on 6 July, following the attraction's relocation from Preston's
Deepdale stadium.
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New-look Peterborough Museum unveiled
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Apr 2012
Vivacity, the charitable trust which operates a range of leisure services across
Peterborough, has reopened the city's museum following the completion of a £3.2m
redevelopment.
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MA launches second annual cuts study
BY Pete Hayman | 12 Apr 2012
The Museums Association (MA) has announced the launch of its second survey to
examine the impact of government and local authority cuts on museum services
across the UK.
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Welsh Government boost for Techniquest
BY Pete Hayman | 10 Apr 2012
Techniquest and Techniquest Glyndwr have been awarded funding by the Welsh
Government to expand their science and mathematics programmes in schools.
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