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Funding boost for Llanelli pumphouse
BY Pete Hayman | 14 Jan 2009
A scheme to redevelop a historic pumphouse in Llanelli, South Wales, has been handed a funding boost worth £1.8m from the Welsh Assembly Government.
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New £2m Egyptian gallery at British Museum
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 14 Jan 2009
The ancient Egyptian tomb paintings of Nebamum will be on display for the first time in 10 years at the British Museum in London, UK when a new £2m gallery opens on 21 January.
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Peterlee pavilion to undergo restoration work
BY Pete Hayman | 13 Jan 2009
Work is to get underway on a £400,000 scheme to restore the 40-year-old Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee, County Durham. Located in the town's Sunny Blunts Park, the pavilion was named after the Apollo space mission.
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Burns letters go online
BY Tom Walker | 13 Jan 2009
Letters by Robert Burns dating from 1787 onwards are being placed online as part of a major digital project by the National Trust for Scotland.
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New facilities for Angel of the North
BY Pete Hayman | 09 Jan 2009
Work has got underway on a three-month project to create new visitor facilities at the Angel of the North in Gateshead, north east England.
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Sharp increase in visits for Mining Museum
BY Tim Nash | 08 Jan 2009
Scotland’s national mining museum has bucked the industry downturn by recording a 10 per cent rise in visitor numbers during the second half of 2008.
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Bowes museum to reopen in February
BY Tom Walker | 08 Jan 2009
The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, is set to complete its revamp during the year and will reopen to the public on 14 February.
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Washington's Silver Springs to be revitalised
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 06 Jan 2009
Historic buildings within Silver Spring's National Park Seminary in Maryland, US, are set to be restored and converted as part of a $150m (£101, 111.2 euro) redevelopment project.
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V&A consider Blackpool link-up
BY Pete Hayman | 23 Dec 2008
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is working with Blackpool Council to investigate the possibility of establishing a new exhibition centre at the Lancashire seaside resort.
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Ashmolean to close for revamp
BY Pete Hayman | 23 Dec 2008
One of the oldest museums in Britain, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology at Oxford University, is to close the public until November 2009 as part of a major redevelopment project.
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Warner Village lets 45 members of staff go
BY Tim Nash | 21 Dec 2008
Australia-based park operator Warner Village Theme Parks (WVTP) has made 45 members of staff in managerial and supervisory positions redundant.
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Luna Park unveils Circus of Screams
BY Tim Nash | 21 Dec 2008
Luna Park Melbourne has launched a brand new attraction for the Australian summer season - the Circus of Screams.
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Ride death verdict prompts safety warning
BY Pete Hayman | 19 Dec 2008
Theme parks and fairgrounds in the UK have been urged to ensure that staff are properly trained after the operator of Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire was fined £250,000 for an incident which led to the death of a teenage girl in 2004.
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Heritage projects earn £15.6m funding
BY Pete Hayman | 19 Dec 2008
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that four heritage projects across Britain are to receive a share of a funding package worth £15.6m.
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Hard Rock Park yet to find new owner
BY Pete Hayman | 19 Dec 2008
Hard Rock Park, the US$400m (£267.6m, 287.4m euro) theme park has failed to find a new owner after the 55-acre (22.3-hectare) attraction was put up for auction in New York, US.
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£6m Ebbw Vale plans to be submitted
BY Pete Hayman | 18 Dec 2008
A planning application is to be submitted as part of a £6m project to transform the General Offices at a former South Wales steelworks into a new visitor attraction.
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Hard Rock Park auction underway
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Dec 2008
Hard Rock Park, the US$400m (£262.6m, 293.1m euro) theme park, has been put up for sale this week after an auction for the 55-acre (22.3-hectare) attraction got underway in New York, US.
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Legoland adventure park for Malaysia
BY Tom Walker | 15 Dec 2008
UK-based visitor attraction operator Merlin Entertainments has announced that it will open a Legoland adventure park in Malaysia.
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