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Hip-Hop comes to the Smithsonian
02 Mar 2006
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) in Washington DC, US, is compiling a collection of hip-hop memorabilia, which it hopes will become a public exhibition.
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Blackpool to achieve world heritage status?
07 Mar 2006
Blackpool council in Lancashire, UK has published a draft Heritage Strategy in its bid to see the town achieving world heritage status as the first working-class seaside resort.
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Natural History Museum is squids in
06 Mar 2006
An 8.6m (28ft) giant squid – the most complete ever found – is being displayed in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in London, UK.
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Rival supercasino bids
27 Feb 2006
Tees Valley Regeneration has selected Aspers to represent Middlesbrough’s bid to win the UK’s supercasino licence.
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Harvard Art Museums to integrate
24 Feb 2006
The Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, in Cambridge Massachusetts, US, collectively known as the Harvard University Arts Museums (HUAM) are to be combined to create a centre for research and advancing professional development in the visual arts.
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Space Adventures versus Virgin Galactic spaceports
23 Feb 2006
The company which sent the first private citizens into space – Space Adventures – is set to invest a total of US$265m (£152m, 222m euro) in two new spaceports based in Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Waterworld gets £10m revamp
22 Feb 2006
Waterworld, the Stoke-on-Trent, UK-based aqua park is set to transform itself into a multi-leisure destination complex, which will include a hotel and an array of other attractions.
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Domestic visitors shun UK attractions
22 Feb 2006
Domestic tourism suffered in 2005 after the 7 July bombings in London, UK, although figures released today by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) show a large increase of visitors for Tate Britain and Kew Gardens.
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Action Stations to open new gallery
21 Feb 2006
A new £1.2m gallery, called InterAction, will open to the
public on 16 March at Action Stations, part of the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in the UK.
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Glasgow Harbour regeneration project
17 Feb 2006
The £1.2bn (US$2.1bn, 1.8bn euro) plan to regenerate Glasgow’s waterfront into a tourist destination in Scotland with a supercasino and leisure facilities has been revised.
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MFS Living and Leisure plans AUS$150m takeover of Oceanis group
14 Feb 2006
Australia-based MFS Living and Leisure Group has announced it has entered an agreement worth in excess of AUS$150m (£63.5m, US$110.6m, 93m euro) to acquire Melbourne-based Oceanis Group, one of the world’s largest aquarium owners and operators.
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Agencies launch partnership to promote culture and sport
14 Feb 2006
A new collaboration betwen the national government agencies responsible for sport, arts, heritage, the built environment and museums and libraries in the UK has been launched to deliver creative, cultural and sporting opportunities.
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Gulbenkian shortlist announced
13 Feb 2006
The 10 UK museums and galleries selected for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2006 long list have been announced.
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Sydney Opera House funding crisis
10 Feb 2006
The forthcoming interior refurbishment of Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who designed the exterior 40 years ago, is in crisis.
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Tussauds takes over London Eye
09 Feb 2006
Tussauds Group has become the sole owner of the British Airways London Eye – the UK’s most popular visitor attraction.
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SeaWorld founder George Millay dies
07 Feb 2006
George Millay, the US theme park entrepreneur who has been credited with creating two major genres of theme parks, has died at the age of 76.
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