AttrActions & museums


Edinburgh Zoo plans new £750k penguin enclosure


Edinburgh Zoo has announced the launch of its new Penguins Rock Appeal to help finance the construction of a new £750,000 enclosure for its penguins. Te attraction’s existing outdoor pen-


guin pool – one of the largest in Europe – is around 60 years old and will now undergo a major programme of modernisation. Plans include a complete visual make-


over with interactive elements, slides and diving boards, as well as enhanced inter- pretation and new viewpoints. Details: http://lei.sr?a=m0O5Y


Green light for £41m V&A project


The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London has secured approval from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for its £41m Exhibition Road project. Amanda Levete Architects


(ALA) were appointed in 2011 to work on the scheme, which will deliver a new purpose- built underground gallery and the opening up of a previously inaccessible back-of-house space to provide a new open courtyard for installation, events and a café. Te V&A has now raised


ALA were selected to design the Exhibition Road project in March 2011


£25m towards the total cost of the Exhibition Road project, which is due for completion in late 2015 and will open to the public in 2016. Sir Paul Ruddock, chair of the V&A board of


trustees, said: “Not only will the development continue to improve the presence of Exhibition Road as an international cultural hub but it


One of the museum’s new interactive experiences


New Manchester home for National Football Museum


Te National Football Museum – an attrac- tion exploring Britain’s cultural heritage through football – has opened at its new home at Manchester’s Urbis building. Formerly located at Preston’s Deepdale


stadium, the new destination in the centre of Manchester took two years to create and aims to provide a “unique experience”. Mather and Co and Patton Heritage


worked on the new museum, which enables visitors to enter through a tunnel and turn- style to the cheers of a crowd. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=K6g8p


EDF Energy gets approval for Sizewell B visitor centre


A temporary visitor facility is to be estab- lished at Sizewell B nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast aſter EDF Energy received planning approval for the project. Parsons Brinckerhoff are behind the


design of the £500,000 centre, which will operate for four years until a permanent replacement can be developed. An existing mobile cabin building to the


north of the site is to house the centre – part of EDF’s drive to improve public access at its eight nuclear power stations. Details: http://lei.sr?a=J8b1D


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will provide us with facilities to welcome more residents and visitors than ever before.” ALA principal Amanda Levete added: “We’re


re-imagining the dialogue between the V&A and Exhibition Road and creating a new public space in the cultural heart of London.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=t0H5b


St Fagans museum receives £11.5m funding


The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has made its largest ever funding award in Wales – an £11.5m grant towards the redevelopment of St Fagans: National History Museum. Creu Hanes-Making


History is designed to build on the popularity of the open- air museum near Cardiff, which first opened in 1948 and explores human life over more than 200,000 years. Amgueddfa Cymru-


National Museum Wales is planning a £25m overhaul of the museum, which will be delivered over a five-year period. Visitors will be given the opportunity to


St Fagans is to undergo an extensive £25m transformation programme “Creu Hanes-Making History will become


explore Wales’ history through new exhibi- tions, a series of archaeological reconstructions and authentic historical buildings.


an exemplar project for us, demonstrating how lottery money can have a positive impact,” said the HLF’s Dr Manon Williams. Read more: xxxx


HLF announces new five-year investment strategy


A new five-year investment strategy designed to help create a “stronger and more resilient” UK heritage economy has been launched by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). HLF chair Dame Jenny Abramsky revealed plans to work with sector organisations and


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other partners in order to ensure heritage con- tinues to play an important economic role. The agency will invest £375m a year of


National Lottery cash as part of a new frame- work for the period between 2013 and 2018. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=0x1w7


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