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£15.7m visitor centre at RBGE underway
BY Helen Patenall | 17 Aug 2007
The Scottish Executive has awarded £10m towards the new visitor centre at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), in Scotland, permitting work on site to get underway.
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Visitor centre proposed at battle site
BY Helen Patenall | 01 Aug 2007
The Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust has developed outline plans to build a £7m permanent visitor centre close to the Jacobite battle site in East Lothian where Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated government forces in 1745.
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Discovery Centre opens in Leeds
BY Helen Patenall | 01 Aug 2007
Leeds City Council has opened its new £6m Discovery Centre to store and showcase more than one million museum objects – 95 per cent of the City Council’s collections – previously hidden from public view.
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£25m historic treasures saved via heritage scheme
BY Helen Patenall | 31 Jul 2007
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) has announced that a comprehensive collection of historic treasures worth £25.3m will remain in public ownership thanks to the government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) arts scheme.
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New director for Ecsite-UK
BY Tom Walker | 30 Jul 2007
The UK Network of Science Centres and Museums (Ecsite-UK) has appointed Penny Fidler as its new director. Fidler succeeds Melanie Quin, who left earlier this year to take up a teaching post abroad.
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HLF announces 12-year heritage strategy
BY Helen Patenall | 30 Jul 2007
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has published its new strategy on how best to fund heritage projects in the UK over the next 12 years.
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HLF funds Harvington Hall restoration
BY Helen Patenall | 26 Jul 2007
The Malt House at Harvington Hall – an Elizabethan manor house near Kidderminster – will be transformed thanks to £470,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Intech to open planetarium
BY Tom Walker | 23 Jul 2007
The Intech science centre in Winchester will add a planetarium to its range of attractions next year.
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Runners prepare to race up Sydney Tower
20 Jul 2007
Sydney Tower has opened registrations for its annual Run-Up, giving 250 people the chance to race up the 1,504 steps of Sydney’s tallest building on 24 August.
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Merlin in £622m property deal
17 Jul 2007
UK-based Merlin Entertainments has entered into a sale and leaseback deal with Prestbury, the investment vehicle of entrepreneur Nick Leslau, worth £622m.
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Household Cavalry Museum opens to public
BY Helen Patenall | 17 Jul 2007
The Household Cavalry Museum on Horse Guards, Whitehall, in London has opened to the public for the first time in its history following a £5m investment.
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Holovis
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Sally Corporation
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