aTTracTions & museums


Maryport museum to reopen ‘by Easter’


PETE HayMaN


Allerdale Borough Council (ABC) has revealed that Maryport Maritime Museum will reopen by Easter aſter handing over the attraction to a local community group. Te Maritime Heritage Group has been


awarded a licence from the local authority that will enable it to maintain the museum and its collection of maritime exhibits. ABC staff will provide assistance with the


day-to-day running of the museum, while public funding is also being made available through a grant to the enthusiasts.


HLF gives Thinktank £900,000 PETE HayMaN


Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum has secured £900,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards its new Made In Birmingham exhibition gallery. The grant will help the


attraction exhibit around 1,200 objects in five new themed displays - Orientation; Nuts and Bolts; Tins and Tings; Treasure; and Gadgets. It is to open in December 2012. Developed in consultation


with museum visitors, Made In Birmingham will help to provide a new education facility for everyone from pre-school to adult learners. Anne Jenkins, head of the HLF for the West


Five themed displays will help explore Birmingham’s industrial heritage


manufacturing from the past are paralleled in industrial developments today.” Birmingham City Council’s Len Clark, chair


Midlands, said: “When complete it will expose the fascinating tale of Birmingham’s manufac- turing heritage as the ‘workshop of the world’, and show how innovations in materials and


HLF cash will help improve visitor interpretation


Llyn Peninsula awarded HLF landscape funding


PETE HayMaN


The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that the Llyn Peninsula has been awarded more than £706,000 through its Landscape Partnership (LPS) scheme. Gwynedd Council is leading the LPS,


which comprises a number of other local groups and includes a range of schemes to promote the area’s economy and culture. Work includes the conservation and


restoration of 330 hectares (815 acres) of wildlife habitats and improvements to inter- pretation for visitors to the peninsula.


Funding boost for National Botanic Garden of Wales


PETE HayMaN


A new interactive green technology trail is to be developed at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Te Welsh Assembly Government has


provided funding, with a £28,500 grant – awarded through the National Science Academy – to help finance the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Sustainable Futures Technology Trail. A further £42,000 award will enable the


attraction to host an exhibition looking at the role of fungi in the health of people.


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of the Tinktank Trust, added: “Birmingham has a rich and diverse heritage of manufactur- ing, and it’s fantastic that we are able to better showcase this to our visitors.”


2011 Kids In Museums Manifesto launched PETE HayMaN


Museums need to be noisy to encourage new ideas and debate, according to the 2011 Kids In Museums Manifesto. Independent charity Kids In


Museums is behind the docu- ment, which was launched at London Transport Museum, contains 20 measures that attractions should adopt in order to ensure they are family friendly, including making the most of their ‘wow factor’. Te manifesto sees muse-


ums being encouraged to welcome each visitor; to offer flexible family tickets; and to be “height and language aware”. Attractions should also be at the heart of developing ‘conversations’ between different generations of family members, as well as offering more interactive features.


Culture minister Ed Vaizey helps to launch the charity’s 2011 manifesto Kids In Museums director Dea Birkett said:


“Visitors have let us know what they want from a museum visit. And they’ve said they don’t want to go with one, but with many genera- tions of their family.”


Knowsley zoo responds to animal disposal claims PETE HayMaN


Knowsley Safari Park has said that it has ‘swiſtly addressed’ issues following allegations in rela- tion to its treatment of deceased animals. Photos taken by a former employee, which were published in The Sun on 10 January,


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appeared to show animal carcasses that had not been properly disposed of. Concerns were also raised regarding fire-


arms procedures at Knowsley Safari Park; issues that the Lord Derby-owned attraction insisted “had been addressed”.


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