Heritage News Heritage status for 25 new sites TOM WALKER
Wadi Rum Protected Area in Jordan; Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison in Barbados; and Fort Jesus in Kenya have been named among 25 new World Heritage Sites. The new locations have
been selected from an origi- nal list of 35 nominees by the United Nations Educational, Scientif ic and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Selimiye Mosque Social
Complex at Edirne, Turkey; T e Persian Garden, Iran; the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty in Vietnam; and the T e Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Ukraine are also among the 25 additions. T e new sites comprise three natural prop-
erties, 21 cultural and one mixed site, with the World Heritage List now numbering 936 sites – 183 natural sites, 725 cultural and 28 mixed.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya, has been named as a World Heritage Site T e news was welcomed by country dele-
gates and state offi cials – including Jordan’s Queen Rania who expressed her excitement on the micro-blogging website, Twitter: “So proud Wadi Rum has join UNESCO World Heritage List! That tallies Jordan’s total of World Heritage sites to four!”
MoU to boost Singapore’s museums sector PETE HAYMAN
Singapore’s National Heritage Board (NHB) Academy has secured a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tourism Management Institute of Singapore (TMIS) and the Smithsonian Institution (SI).
T e facility will let guests view restoration work T e MoU is designed to raise standards and
will see the academy will work towards the development of heritage professionals. A Memorandum of Agreement with the SI
will also create a new training curriculum for professionals over a two-year period.
£10.2m funding for four heritage projects PETE HAYMAN
Four UK projects – includ- ing a revamp of Colchester Castle Museum – have been awarded a share of £10.2m (€11.6m, US$16.7m) from the Heritage Lottery Fund. T e museum has secured
£3.2m (€3.6m, US$5.2m) for an extensive refurbishment of the historic attraction. In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Nomadic Trust has been awarded the same confi rmed amount for the restoration of the last remaining White Star vessel – SS Nomadic. Other confi rmed awards include a grant
US WWII museum unveils US$3.2m facility
PETE HAYMAN
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, US, has offi cially unveiled its new US$3.2m (£2m, €2.2m) John E Kushner Restoration Pavilion. Members of the public have the chance to
experience a permanent, behind-the-scenes look at how the attraction restores and pre- serves Second World War artefacts. It forms part of a US$300m (£183m,
€207m) expansion of the museum and is named aſt er John E Kushner, a local enthu- siast of Second World War history.
Dudley Zoo secures redevelopment funding
MEG PROOPS Colchester Castle Museum netted a £3.2m (€3.6m, US$5.2m) grant
towards plans for a permanent exhibition of the life of British composer Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh, Suff olk, and a grant for Lytham Hall in Lytham St Anne’s, which will fund
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restoration work to remove the building from English Heritage’s ‘at risk’ register. Meanwhile, the HLF has also announced
that initial support for other schemes, includ- ing a Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre
Dudley Zoological Gardens (DZG) is a step closer to a £1.5m (€1.7m, $2.4m) overhaul of its four Tecton structures aſt er securing a fi rst-round pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). DZG was awarded devel- opment funding of £123,000 (€140,000, US$202,000) and has two years to submit detailed plans towards a full grant. T e attraction contains the world’s larg-
est single collection of Tecton buildings, named aſt er the modernist architects cho- sen to design the zoo in the 1930s.
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£55m fund to benefi t UK arts/heritage groups
PETE HAYMAN
A new £55m (63m, $89.5m) Endowment Fund has been established in the UK to help arts and heritage organisations work to secure their long-term fi nancial stability. Groups will be able to apply for grants
to support endowment fundraising, which will be decided by the independent panel to match funds sourced from private donors. It’s thought that 50 organisations will ben- efit from the fund – part of the £100m government, Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst project.
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