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Grace Darling Museum to open in March
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 28 Feb 2008
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is to open a new £1.5m museum dedicated to Grace Darling, the Victorian lifesaving heroine, in Northumberland on 4 March.
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Design chosen for Brockholes scheme
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 27 Feb 2008
Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) has unveiled plans to transform the Brockholes Wetlands and Woodland Nature Reserve, near Preston, into a “floating world”.
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Merlin tops fastest growing list
BY Tim Nash | 26 Feb 2008
UK-based attractions operator Merlin Entertainments was the fastest growing private-equity owned company in Britain in 2007 according to a Sunday Times listing.
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Clavell Tower successfully moved
BY Luke Tuchscherer | 26 Feb 2008
Clavell Tower in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset – itself a World Heritage Site – has been taken down brick by brick and reassembled in order to stop it sliding into the sea.
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Singapore Flyer set to get rolling
BY Tim Nash | 25 Feb 2008
Asia’s largest observation wheel is set to begin operations on 1 March 2008 when the Singapore Flyer opens for business.
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£100m Ty Mawr development
BY Helen Patenall | 20 Feb 2008
A £100m mixed-use site is being built at Ty Mawr in Anglesey, Wales.
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Ripley’s acquires Guinness World Records
BY Tom Walker | 18 Feb 2008
The Jim Pattison Group, owner of Ripley Entertainment, has acquired the rights to Guinness World Records (GWR) from UK-based HiT Entertainment.
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New Acropolis Museum unveiled
BY Helen Patenall | 11 Feb 2008
The Acropolis Museum in the historic area of Makryianni, nearby the Parthenon, in Athens, Greece, is undergoing a 130m euro (£97m, US$189m) redesign.
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Coqui Water Park opens
BY Helen Patenall | 11 Feb 2008
A new waterpark has opened at El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa in Puerto Rica, South America.
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Shark Explorer launched in Sydney
BY Tim Nash | 11 Feb 2008
Sydney Aquarium has launched a new glass-bottomed boat ride to allow guests to get even closer to the creatures in its Great Barrier Reef exhibit.
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Art Fund award contenders short-listed
BY Helen Patenall | 05 Feb 2008
Ten museums and galleries have been short-listed for The Art Fund’s coveted £100,000 award for an original and imaginative arts project.
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France adopts free museum policy
BY Helen Patenall | 04 Feb 2008
France may soon adopt the UK’s policy of offering free admission to national museums to encourage more people to take part in the arts.
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Science Discovery Center opens in Manila
BY Helen Patenall | 28 Jan 2008
The long-awaited US$10m (£5m, 6.8m euro) SM Science Discovery Center (SDC) in the Mall of Asia in Manila, the Philippines, has opened to the public.
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