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Prison that once held Nelson Mandela to become a museum
BY Tom Anstey | 09 Jul 2014
An infamous prison in South Africa has been converted into an interactive museum, highlighting the abuse of human rights in South Africa during colonial rule and the apartheid era.
Chinese government's tourism plans means futuristic 'floating city' could well become a reality
BY Katie Buckley | 09 Jul 2014
London’s AT Design Office has released designs for a floating city in the China Sea, and the plans look set to become reality as China's government looks to maximise its tourist footprint.
Plans revealed for AU$428m museum in Perth, Australia
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Concept images have been released for the planned AU$428m (US$402m, £235m, €295.7m) WA Museum in Perth, Australia.
South Korea's US$275bn 'super city' to include theme parks, luxury hotels, a healing town and more
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
A planned super city in South Korea that will cost an estimated US$275bn (€202bn, £160bn) will include a host of leisure features including a theme park, casinos, luxury hotels, a 50,000 seat concert hall and a medical-themed ‘healing town’.
Russian and Belarusian Presidents open museum commemorating WW2
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Belarus celebrated its day of Independence (3 July) and the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi invaders with the opening of a new Museum on the Great Patriotic War (the eastern European name for WW2) in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
Glasgow Science Centre tower reopens after four-year hiatus
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Glasgow Science Centre’s ill-fated tower is set to reopen in the Scottish city more than four years after visitors were last allowed to use it.
Thomas Heatherwick to create new Art Museum in Cape Town, South Africa
BY Katie Buckley | 08 Jul 2014
The new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in South Africa's Cape Town will be designed by Thomas Heatherwick – marking the architect's biggest museum project to date.
UK safari park presses on with £80m expansion plans
BY Alice Davis | 08 Jul 2014
In a bid to become a year-round attraction that can host guests overnight or longer, the UK's West Midland Safari Park is pushing forward with expansion plans for an indoor water park, 250-room hotel and conference centre. It’s a major investment for the 40-year-old park, at an estimated cost of £80m ($137m, €101m).
Quentin Blake stars at newly-opened British illustration gallery
BY Alice Davis | 07 Jul 2014
The House of Illustration (HOI), a gallery devoted to the art genre, has opened this week at Kings Cross in London. The much loved illustrator Quentin Blake is the subject of the first exhibit, which is titled Inside Stories.
Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron to rise again at Museum of London
BY Katie Buckley | 07 Jul 2014
The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London showcased some of Britain’s greatest creative talent, with one of its defining moments being the Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick.
Construction-based Diggerland USA attraction opens in New Jersey
BY Chris Dodd | 07 Jul 2014
New Jersey has become home to one of America’s first amusement parks where visitors can operate, ride and interact with construction machinery, following the opening of Diggerland USA.
London Paramount mega-resort approaches consultation stage
BY Alice Davis | 04 Jul 2014
Almost 90,000 letters have been sent out across Kent, UK, seeking the views of local households and businesses as plans to build the world’s fourth- largest theme park at nearby Ebbsfleet push forward.
Gehry transforms ‘Rocky Steps’ with new design for Philadelphia Museum of Art
BY Katie Buckley | 04 Jul 2014
Frank Gehry and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) have unveiled a new masterplan for the 90-year-old museum site in America.
France welcomes Little Prince theme park based on classic novella
BY Chris Dodd | 04 Jul 2014
France has become home to a new theme park offering in the shape of the Little Prince Park, based around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella.
Reef Worlds outlines plans for underwater theme park in Dubai
BY Chris Dodd | 04 Jul 2014
Plans have been unveiled for the creation of what is being billed as the world’s largest underwater theme park in Dubai, with the attraction giving divers and snorkelers the chance to explore a lost underwater city.
Visitor numbers exceeding expectations at 9/11 Memorial Museum
BY Chris Dodd | 03 Jul 2014
The number of visitors to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York is exceeding expectations, with over 300,000 people having visited the museum since it opened in late May.
Plans afoot to restore Orwell’s birthplace and open museum
BY Alice Davis | 02 Jul 2014
India’s Bihar state government has announced plans to honour the author George Orwell by opening a museum at his birthplace in the village of Motihari. Restoration is now underway on the three-room cottage, which had fallen into disrepair.
New London river park in pipeline to house Queen's Jubilee Rowbarge
BY Jak Phillips | 01 Jul 2014
A proposed new river park in London’s Richmond upon Thames could become home to the Queen’s Royal Row Barge, should planning permission be approved.
Zaha Hadid wins Design of the Year award 2014 for Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Centre
BY Katie Buckley | 01 Jul 2014
The Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been crowned Design of the Year 2014 by London’s Design Museum, making architect Zaha Hadid the first woman ever to win the prestigious award.
Owner of notorious US theme park promises ‘thrills not spills’
BY Alice Davis | 01 Jul 2014
All too often complaints ring out about the world going “health-and-safety mad”. For a reminder of how much times have changed, in the attractions industry especially, try watching 1980s footage (see below) of Action Park in New Jersey, US. The headline-hitting theme park — where numerous injuries and at least six fatalities were recorded — closed in 1996. Now it’s in the news again, having re-opened on June 14th under the stewardship of the founder’s son, Andrew Mulvihull.
     
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5594 to 5613 of 9640 news stories
Prison that once held Nelson Mandela to become a museum
BY Tom Anstey | 09 Jul 2014
An infamous prison in South Africa has been converted into an interactive museum, highlighting the abuse of human rights in South Africa during colonial rule and the apartheid era.
Chinese government's tourism plans means futuristic 'floating city' could well become a reality
BY Katie Buckley | 09 Jul 2014
London’s AT Design Office has released designs for a floating city in the China Sea, and the plans look set to become reality as China's government looks to maximise its tourist footprint.
Plans revealed for AU$428m museum in Perth, Australia
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Concept images have been released for the planned AU$428m (US$402m, £235m, €295.7m) WA Museum in Perth, Australia.
South Korea's US$275bn 'super city' to include theme parks, luxury hotels, a healing town and more
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
A planned super city in South Korea that will cost an estimated US$275bn (€202bn, £160bn) will include a host of leisure features including a theme park, casinos, luxury hotels, a 50,000 seat concert hall and a medical-themed ‘healing town’.
Russian and Belarusian Presidents open museum commemorating WW2
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Belarus celebrated its day of Independence (3 July) and the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi invaders with the opening of a new Museum on the Great Patriotic War (the eastern European name for WW2) in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
Glasgow Science Centre tower reopens after four-year hiatus
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jul 2014
Glasgow Science Centre’s ill-fated tower is set to reopen in the Scottish city more than four years after visitors were last allowed to use it.
Thomas Heatherwick to create new Art Museum in Cape Town, South Africa
BY Katie Buckley | 08 Jul 2014
The new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in South Africa's Cape Town will be designed by Thomas Heatherwick – marking the architect's biggest museum project to date.
UK safari park presses on with £80m expansion plans
BY Alice Davis | 08 Jul 2014
In a bid to become a year-round attraction that can host guests overnight or longer, the UK's West Midland Safari Park is pushing forward with expansion plans for an indoor water park, 250-room hotel and conference centre. It’s a major investment for the 40-year-old park, at an estimated cost of £80m ($137m, €101m).
Quentin Blake stars at newly-opened British illustration gallery
BY Alice Davis | 07 Jul 2014
The House of Illustration (HOI), a gallery devoted to the art genre, has opened this week at Kings Cross in London. The much loved illustrator Quentin Blake is the subject of the first exhibit, which is titled Inside Stories.
Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron to rise again at Museum of London
BY Katie Buckley | 07 Jul 2014
The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London showcased some of Britain’s greatest creative talent, with one of its defining moments being the Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick.
Construction-based Diggerland USA attraction opens in New Jersey
BY Chris Dodd | 07 Jul 2014
New Jersey has become home to one of America’s first amusement parks where visitors can operate, ride and interact with construction machinery, following the opening of Diggerland USA.
London Paramount mega-resort approaches consultation stage
BY Alice Davis | 04 Jul 2014
Almost 90,000 letters have been sent out across Kent, UK, seeking the views of local households and businesses as plans to build the world’s fourth- largest theme park at nearby Ebbsfleet push forward.
Gehry transforms ‘Rocky Steps’ with new design for Philadelphia Museum of Art
BY Katie Buckley | 04 Jul 2014
Frank Gehry and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) have unveiled a new masterplan for the 90-year-old museum site in America.
France welcomes Little Prince theme park based on classic novella
BY Chris Dodd | 04 Jul 2014
France has become home to a new theme park offering in the shape of the Little Prince Park, based around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella.
Reef Worlds outlines plans for underwater theme park in Dubai
BY Chris Dodd | 04 Jul 2014
Plans have been unveiled for the creation of what is being billed as the world’s largest underwater theme park in Dubai, with the attraction giving divers and snorkelers the chance to explore a lost underwater city.
Visitor numbers exceeding expectations at 9/11 Memorial Museum
BY Chris Dodd | 03 Jul 2014
The number of visitors to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York is exceeding expectations, with over 300,000 people having visited the museum since it opened in late May.
Plans afoot to restore Orwell’s birthplace and open museum
BY Alice Davis | 02 Jul 2014
India’s Bihar state government has announced plans to honour the author George Orwell by opening a museum at his birthplace in the village of Motihari. Restoration is now underway on the three-room cottage, which had fallen into disrepair.
New London river park in pipeline to house Queen's Jubilee Rowbarge
BY Jak Phillips | 01 Jul 2014
A proposed new river park in London’s Richmond upon Thames could become home to the Queen’s Royal Row Barge, should planning permission be approved.
Zaha Hadid wins Design of the Year award 2014 for Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Centre
BY Katie Buckley | 01 Jul 2014
The Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been crowned Design of the Year 2014 by London’s Design Museum, making architect Zaha Hadid the first woman ever to win the prestigious award.
Owner of notorious US theme park promises ‘thrills not spills’
BY Alice Davis | 01 Jul 2014
All too often complaints ring out about the world going “health-and-safety mad”. For a reminder of how much times have changed, in the attractions industry especially, try watching 1980s footage (see below) of Action Park in New Jersey, US. The headline-hitting theme park — where numerous injuries and at least six fatalities were recorded — closed in 1996. Now it’s in the news again, having re-opened on June 14th under the stewardship of the founder’s son, Andrew Mulvihull.
     
 


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