Attractions news
Lincoln Castle in line for £20m redevelopment
Lincoln Castle is to undergo a multi-mil- lion pound renovation aſt er Lincolnshire County Council confi rmed it had received Lottery funding towards the scheme. T e project is expected to cost £19.9m
and has been awarded a £12m grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund. European Union support is also being sought in addition to the Lottery support and council funding. A new vault to showcase Magna Carta
and the Charter of the Forest is included among the plans for the redevelopment. Read more:
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£6m for Science Museum project
London’s Science Museum has secured £6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the creation of a new gallery exploring the history of com- munications technology. T e new Making Modern
Communications project will see the museum exhibit “unique objects” combined with human stories in order to chart the 200-year evolution of modern communication. T e gallery will showcase
prominent moments where technology helped change the world, such as the laying of the fi rst telegraph cable across the Atlantic. Around 1,000 objects will be put on display
T e new gallery will look at innovations in communications technology
in the new gallery, including a 6m (20ſt ) tuning coil from Rugby Radio Station, which formed part of the UK’s Cold War defences. Science Museum Group director Ian Blatchford said: “T e project represents a step
Wilkinson Eyre Architects designed the museum
Olympic rower opens new £15m SeaCity Museum
Double Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell has offi cially launched the £15m SeaCity Museum as part of the new Cultural Quarter in Southampton. T e attraction – housed within the city’s
Grade II*-listed former Magistrates’ Court – has been designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and built by Kier Southern. SeaCity Museum comprises two perma-
nent galleries examining the city’s status as a ‘Gateway to the World’ and its maritime heritage over the last 2,000 years. Details:
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National Trust completes £9m Stowe transformation
A £9m transformation of the gateway to a 250-acre (101-hectare) landscape garden in Buckinghamshire – one of the UK’s earliest attractions – has been completed. Work has been carried out to revitalise
the New Inn, the original purpose-built entrance for visitors to Stowe fi rst built by Lord Cobham nearly 200 years ago. T e National Trust has restored it over
a two-year period to create a new visitor centre, which now off ers an experience of 18th century life at the site. Details:
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change for the Science Museum and the fi rst step in the delivery of its Master Plan. “The award of the grant underlines the
essential role of the Science Museum in helping to inspire engagement, particularly amongst young people.” Details:
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2011 - Merlin’s ‘most exciting year’ to date
Visitor attractions opera- tor Merlin Entertainments invested a total of £174m in its portfolio of attractions dur- ing 2011 – a year described as the “most exciting in com- pany history” by CEO Nick Varney. Nearly £100m of the company’s total investment was spent on new develop- ments, which included the launch of Merlin’s largest ever new attraction – Legoland Florida in the US. T e year also marked the
T e year included the opening of a Legoland park in Orlando, Florida
first operations in Australia following the acquisition of the Sydney Attractions Group and the announcement of plans to take over Living and Leisure Australia. Reporting its full-year fi gures for the 12
months to 25 December 2011, Merlin said the number of visitors to its attractions reached
46.4m – an increase of 13.2 per cent on 2010. Nick Varney said: “Last year was the
most exciting in the history of Merlin Entertainments as we delivered a further step- change in the performance of the business, while signifi cantly extending our international profi le...We will continue to invest for growth.”
Louvre is world’s most visited art museum
New research has found that the Louvre, one of the most iconic attractions in Paris, France, was the world’s most visited art museum last year aſt er it welcomed 8.9 million people. According to a study undertaken by T e Art Newspaper, the Louvre easily claimed the
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top spot with nearly 3 million more visitors than the second most visited art attraction – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (6 million). T e British Museum, National Gallery and Tate Modern – all in London – completed the top fi ve.
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