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New visitor centre at Snowdon
30 Jun 2005
The Snowdonia National Park Authority and the Snowdonia Society have announced plans to build a new £9m visitor centre at Mount Snowdon’s 1,085m summit - which attracts 350,000 climbers and walkers annually.
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What’s the most fun park in the world?
29 Jun 2005
A recent survey conducted by business magazine Forbes named the top 10 ‘most fun’ theme parks in the world, with Alton Towers in the UK taking the top spot.
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Images of Singapore experience reopens
29 Jun 2005
Extensive redevelopment work at the Images of Singapore experience – which showcases Singapore’s heritage, culture and values – on Sentosa island has been completed and the site has been reopened to the public in time for the nation’s 40th birthday celebrations.
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Continuum expands European operation
29 Jun 2005
UK designer and operator of musuems and visitor attractions, Continuum Group, has opened its first international office in Talinn, Estonia.
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Deep Sea opens new Seal Sanctuary
28 Jun 2005
Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Scotland, has opened the biggest extension to the site since the launch of the aquarium in 1993.
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Sierra Leone workers take part in heritage exchange
27 Jun 2005
Three members of staff from Sierra Leone's newly-opened National Railway Collection in Freetown visited the UK in June for four weeks to find out more about collection maintenance, visitor services and care as part of a new, UK government-funded Africa Initiative.
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Europa Nostra winners announced
27 Jun 2005
Heritage sites across Europe received accolades at the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra awards at the Håkonshallen in Bergen, Norway.
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Science Centre network creates new club
20 Jun 2005
A network of Scottish science centres – including the Glasgow Science Centre, Our Dynamic Earth, Stratosphere in Aberdeen and Sensation Dundee – is to launch its first collaborative initiative intended to inspire young scientists of the future.
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A sense of culture in Bristol
17 Jun 2005
Bristol City Council has launched an initiative called A Sense of Culture to help people with sight loss and deafblind people find out more about the city’s cultural facilities, and to learn how it can further improve its services.
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Great white shark boosts visits to aquarium
16 Jun 2005
A yearling great white shark that went on
temporary display at a US aquarium prompted attendance at the attraction to increase by 30 per cent, with 43 per cent of customers saying that the shark influenced their decision to visit.
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MA report calls for cultural change
14 Jun 2005
A report released today by the Museums Association (MA) in the UK has said that too many museum collections are underused, meaning the full potential of the nation’s cultural resources is not being realised.
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