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Swampland to open in Oregon aquarium
BY Martin Nash | 27 Apr 2010
The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR, US is to open a new Swampland exhibit, with a range of creatures inhabiting replicated versions of the South American swamp of the Pantanal, a Florida mangrove swamp and a southeastern US cypress swamp.
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New trust to run Peterborough venues
BY Pete Hayman | 27 Apr 2010
Peterborough City Council (PCC) has announced that a new trust will take over responsibility for the operation of culture and leisure venues on 1 May under a 25-year deal.
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Preston football museum set to close
BY Pete Hayman | 23 Apr 2010
Efforts to retain the National Football Museum's (NFM) public galleries in Preston, Lancashire, have failed after trustees were unable to reach agreement with the local authority.
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Weston Pier rides nearing completion
BY Tom Walker | 23 Apr 2010
The design and build of the eight rides that will be installed at the redeveloped Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare are nearing completion.
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Expansion planned for LA museum
BY Martin Nash | 22 Apr 2010
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to add a 3.5 acre, USS$30m park - the North Campus - to its site on Exposition Boulevard in Los Angeles, US.
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Florence Nightingale museum to reopen
BY Pete Hayman | 21 Apr 2010
London's Florence Nightingale Museum is scheduled to reopen on 12 May following the completion of a major £1.4m revamp of the South Bank attraction.
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Trial operations start at Shanghai's Expo Park
BY Martin Nash | 20 Apr 2010
The first of six public trials of the facilities at Shanghai's Expo Park began today (20 April), with the city's transport systems coming under test just as much as the operation of the site itself.
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Customer service training for museum staff
BY Tom Walker | 20 Apr 2010
The Imperial War Museum in London has completed a training initiative which saw all 200 customer-facing staff receive take part in customer service tutoring.
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Free attractions for stranded visitors
BY Martin Nash | 20 Apr 2010
SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment is offering free one-day admission to any UK, Irish or continental European tourists stranded in Florida due to the interruption to international air travel caused by ash from the Icelandic volcano.
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£5.5m Durlston Castle scheme underway
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2010
Dorset-based contractor Greendale Construction has started work on a £5.5m scheme to restore a historic Grade II-listed castle near Swanage.
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Second Scottish Go Ape opens
BY Tom Walker | 19 Apr 2010
High wire adventure park operator Go Ape has opened a new site at Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothian, Scotland.
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New Bosworth Battlefield gallery opens
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Apr 2010
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) has officially unveiled a new gallery at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre,Sutton Cheney, near Market Bosworth.
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New Museum of Wigan Life opens
BY Pete Hayman | 14 Apr 2010
A new museum has opened its doors to the public in Wigan, Greater Manchester, following the completion of a £1.9m scheme to revamp the town's former History Shop.
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Plant life theme park opens in France
BY Martin Nash | 13 Apr 2010
Almost exactly 12 years after the idea was originally mooted, the first theme park in Europe devoted to plant life has opened near Angers in France's north western Anjou region.
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Flamingos wiped out at Helsinki Zoo
BY Tom Walker | 09 Apr 2010
Helsinki Zoo's 15-strong flock of Chilean Flamingos has been discovered dead inside their enclosure on Friday 9 April.
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Apollo pulls out of Cedar Fair deal
BY Tom Walker | 07 Apr 2010
Apollo Global Management has pulled the plug on its planned US$650m takeover of theme park operator Cedar Fair, following opposition to the agreed price by Cedar Fair shareholders.
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Wedgwood Museum handed pension debt
BY Pete Hayman | 07 Apr 2010
A museum dedicated to the history of the 250-year-old Wedgwood pottery group in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has been handed a £134m pension debt.
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