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Gulbenkian nominees announced
BY Helen Patenall | 05 Feb 2007
The 10 UK museums and galleries selected for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2007 long list have been announced.
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Plans for Sherwood Forest development revealed
BY Helen Patenall | 05 Feb 2007
Sherwood: The Living Legend has appointed London-based architects Make to design and build a proposed visitor complex – called The Tree – featuring walkways at Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.
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£14.2m MIMA opens
31 Jan 2007
The £14.2m Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) has officially opened.
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Brockholes Wetland to be restored
BY Helen Patenall | 31 Jan 2007
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is set to start work on Brockholes Wetland – a former gravel extraction site near Preston.
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South Lakes launches sat nav guide
BY Helen Patenall | 31 Jan 2007
South Lakes Tourism Action Group and Cumbria Tourism have teamed up to launch a sat nav aide for coach drivers and group tour operators visiting the area.
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Model Mania exhibit to expand
BY Helen Patenall | 30 Jan 2007
Locomotion: the National Railway Museum in Shildon is expanding its traditional Model Mania event on 11–12 August.
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NMS granted £32m towards Royal Museum revamp
BY Helen Patenall | 29 Jan 2007
National Museums Scotland (NMS) has secured a further £32m to help fund its proposed revamp of the Royal Museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh.
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Tussauds in £38m US expansion
29 Jan 2007
The Tussauds Group, the UK company that owns Alton Towers and Thorpe Park, is to open two new waxwork museums in the US as part of its international expansion programme.
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Candover takes over Parques Reunidos
BY Tom Walker | 26 Jan 2007
UK-based private equity firm Candover has acquired Spanish theme park operator Parques Reunidos in a deal believed to be worth more than 900m euro (£590m, US$1.1bn).
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£24m funding boost for heritage projects
BY Tom Walker | 25 Jan 2007
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded grants totalling £24m for three major heritage projects in Liverpool, Kent and Ayrshire.
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March 2007 opening for BFI Southbank
BY Sarah Todd | 23 Jan 2007
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced it will unveil the £4.5m refurbished National Film Theatre in March 2007.
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£3m coaster for Adventure Island
17 Jan 2007
The Adventure Island theme park in Southend-on-Sea, UK, is to unveil its new £3m rollercoaster by February half term.
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Six Flags offloads seven parks for US$312m
BY Helen Patenall | 15 Jan 2007
Theme park operator Six Flags has agreed to sell three of its water parks and four of its theme parks to US-based PARC 7F-Operations (PARC) for US$312m (£161m, 241m euro).
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Plans for US$600m attraction in Missouri
BY Tom Walker | 15 Jan 2007
A new 308-acre development, including themed attractions, an indoor waterpark and an aquarium, is set to open in Branson, Missouri, US, during 2008.
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Cowdray Tudor house to reopen
BY Helen Patenall | 15 Jan 2007
The Cowdray Heritage Trust will reopen the Cowdray Tudor house in Midhurst, West Sussex, to the public at Easter.
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CABE’s Festive Five award winners announced
02 Jan 2007
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space, has announced the winners of its Festive Five awards.
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