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Merlin to rebrand Cypress Gardens as Legoland
BY Tom Walker | 21 Jan 2010
Visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments will rebrand the Cypress Gardens theme park in Florida, US, which it acquired earlier this month, as a Legoland attraction.
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Disney to dial back discounts
BY Tim Nash | 19 Jan 2010
The chief executive of Disney, Bob Iger, has said that the company will be reducing the level of discounting that has been offered at its theme parks over the past year due to the recession.
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Gehry pulls out of Israeli museum project
BY Martin Nash | 18 Jan 2010
Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz has reported that award-winning architect Frank Gehry is withdrawing from the Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity project in Jerusalem.
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Temporary closure for Southend Pier
BY Pete Hayman | 18 Jan 2010
Southend Pier in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, has temporarily closed to the public in order to allow the local council to start the next stage of a £830,000 repair scheme at the Grade II-listed attraction.
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Merlin buys Cypress Gardens
BY Martin Nash | 18 Jan 2010
Merlin Entertainments has purchased the Cypress Gardens site in Winter Haven, Florida, US for an undisclosed sum.
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New Kids In Museums manifesto launched
BY Tom Walker | 15 Jan 2010
Families want less technology and more simple hands-on experiences in museums, according to the new 2010 Kids In Museums manifesto.
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Staffordshire Hoard campaign launched
BY Pete Hayman | 14 Jan 2010
A campaign has been launched by historian Dr David Starkey to help raise £3.3m to keep the Staffordshire Hoard - the largest amount of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found in the UK - in the West Midlands.
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Wigan 'heritage hub' nearing completion
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Jan 2010
The new Museum of WiganLife is set to open this spring, following the completion of a major £1.9m scheme to transform the former History Shop into a 'heritage hub' for the Lancashire town.
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Nature reserve status for former WWII base
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Jan 2010
Natural England (NE) has confirmed that Skipwith Common, Yorkshire, which boasts a former Second World War bomber base, has been designated as a National Nature Reserve.
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Design competition announced for Dundee V&A
BY Martin Nash | 12 Jan 2010
An international architectural competition is being launched to deliver a landmark building for The V&A at Dundee, a new centre of 21st century design for Scotland.
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Twycross Zoo to add new attraction
BY Tom Walker | 07 Jan 2010
Twycross Zoo near Atherstone, Warwickshire, will open a new £7m visitor centre called Himalaya next month (February 2010).
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Free entry policy boosts Chinese museum numbers
BY Martin Nash | 05 Jan 2010
Chinese museums and memorials have attracted more than 820 million visitors over the past two years thanks to a free admission policy, according to the country's State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH).
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