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Green light for Coventry park scheme
BY Pete Hayman | 08 Jun 2009
Coventry City Council (CCC) has approved plans for a £3.8m refurbishment of the city's War Memorial Park, which first opened in 1921 to commemorate the lives of soldiers who died in World War One.
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Dutch park to add "5D" theatre
BY Tom Walker | 05 Jun 2009
The Drievliet family park in The Hague, Netherlands, is set to launch a new 5D theatre attraction in time for the 2009 summer season.
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Carisbrooke Castle unveils new garden
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Jun 2009
English Heritage has opened a new Edwardian-inspired garden within the former privy garden of Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Beatrice, at Carisbrooke Castle near Newport, Isle of Wight.
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Palace 'should open more' to fund repairs
BY Pete Hayman | 03 Jun 2009
Buckingham Palace's opening season should be extended in order to raise money for the repair of other dilapidated, royal palaces and monuments, according to a new report by a committee of MPs.
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Expanded Anchorage Museum opens
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 01 Jun 2009
The US$106m (£64m, 74.4m euro) expansion of the 170,000sq ft (15,793sq m) Anchorage Museum at the Rasmuson Center in Alaska has opened its doors to the public.
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Middlesbrough Wheel scheme delayed
BY Pete Hayman | 27 May 2009
Plans to establish a new 40m (131.2ft) wheel attraction in the centre of Middlesbrough, north east England, have been delayed after it was revealed that a suitable wheel is not yet available.
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Cutty Sark to open next summer
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 26 May 2009
The Cutty Sark, the historic London-based sea clipper that was ravaged by fire in May 2007, is set to reopen in summer 2010.
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Chicago Oceanarium revamp completed
BY Pete Hayman | 26 May 2009
The Oceanarium at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, US, reopened to the public on 23 May, following the completion of an extensive US$50m (£31.4m, 35.8m euro) refurbishment scheme.
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New £26m natural history museum opens
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 26 May 2009
The Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle upon Tyne has opened its doors to the public following a £26m transformation.
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£15.7m visitor centre topped out
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 26 May 2009
A topping-out ceremony has been held to mark the completion of external construction work on the £15.7m John Hope Gateway Visitor Centre at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Visitor centre upgrade for Housesteads
BY Helen Patenall | 21 May 2009
Housesteads Roman Fort, which is part of Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site near Bardon Mill, Northumberland, is set to be transformed over the next five years in a bid to improve the visitor experience.
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New home for motor museum
BY Helen Patenall | 20 May 2009
Lakeland Motor Museum at Holker Hall in Cumbria will be relocated to a new purpose-built premise at Backbarrow near Newby Bridge.
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£5m Burns Monument Centre unveiled
BY Pete Hayman | 19 May 2009
The new £5m Burns Monument Centre in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, which is Scotland's first purpose-built ancestral history facility, has been officially unveiled by First Minister Alex Salmond.
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Southern Star to remain closed for 12 months
BY Tim Nash | 19 May 2009
The AUD$40m Southern Star Observation Wheel in Melbourne, Australia, which was forced to close in January after hot weather caused buckling, is to be dismantled and some parts completely replaced, in a year-long repair programme.
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London Eye set for £12.5m upgrade
BY Pete Hayman | 18 May 2009
Merlin Entertainments has unveiled plans for a £12.5m upgrade of the London Eye in a bid to improve customer experience and to 'future-proof' the attraction in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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£10m to revitalise UK town centres
BY Pete Hayman | 18 May 2009
Eight run-down town centres across the UK are in line to receive a share of £10m to fund a range of regeneration projects as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund's (HLF) Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI).
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Dreamworld launches healthy habits programme
BY Tim Nash | 18 May 2009
Dreamworld and WhiteWater World on Australia's Gold Coast have launched an educational programme designed to raise awareness of healthy habits among school children.
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Man Utd attraction for Macau
BY Tom Walker | 14 May 2009
A new visitor attraction, based on the English Premiership football club Manchester United, has opened at The Venetian Macao-Resort-hotel in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau.
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