Heritage News
Musaic to develop new USS Yorktown masterplan
Musaic Design Group is to develop a new museum experience masterplan for USS Yorktown – the floating attraction located at Patriots Point, South Carolina, US. The Patriots Point Development
Authority said the US$2m (€1.6m, £1.3m) scheme will revitalise the visitor experience over the next three to four years. USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1943
and will celebrate its 70th birthday next year, with the new masterplan to encom- pass a wide range of elements. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=C3t8b
Work starts at UK’s Stonehenge
English Heritage has revealed that Vinci Construction UK has moved on site to start work on a £27m (US$42.4m, €34.6m) overhaul of visitor facilities at Stonehenge, UK. A visitor centre designed by
Denton Corker Marshall is to be built at Airman’s Corner – 1.5 miles (2.4km) west of the World Heritage Site. Haley Sharpe Design will
work on the interpretation of the new exhibition spaces, which will explore the history of the site and its relationship with its surroundings. Te visitor centre will house important items
Te new visitor complex has been designed by Denton Corker Marshall
excavated near Stonehenge on loan from local museums, along with education rooms and amenities with full disabled access. English Heritage chief executive Dr Simon
Turley said: “A new dawn at Stonehenge is truly upon us. Tough the stones themselves
Te historic cathedral was Paris’ most visited site
Notre Dame ‘most popular’ Paris tourist attraction
Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral was the French city’s most popular attraction during 2011 with 13.6 million visitors, according to the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau. Sacré-Coeur Basilica and the Louvre also
featured among the most visited, welcom- ing 10.5 million people and 8.9 million respectively over the course of last year. Te landmark Eiffel Tower attracted 7.1
million visitors and the Pompidou Centre received 3.6 million visitors – a 15.4 per cent increase on 2010’s figures. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=d5A5P
New strategy for managing Australia’s heritage assets
Te Australian Government has announced its intention to draw up a new framework for the present and future management and promotion of cultural heritage assets. A public consultation has taken place
in order to receive ideas and comments from members of the public towards the Australian Heritage Strategy. The strategy is being prepared in
consultation with all state and territory gov- ernments, as well as key stakeholder groups from the public and private sectors. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=W6e7I
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have never failed to awe visitors, their setting has been a national embarrassment. “Te restoration of the landscape, together
with a major new exhibition on site, will finally give our greatest and most famous monument the treatment it deserves.” Details:
http://lei.sr?a=X8Q0N
New additions to World Heritage List
A number of international cultural attractions feature among 26 new additions to the United Nations Educational, Scientif ic and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage List. It follows the World
Heritage Committee’s latest session in Russia and has seen the addition of sites includ- ing Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, Germany. A UNESCO spokesperson
said: “It is the only entirely preserved example of its type where an audience of 500 can experience Baroque court opera culture.” Other cultural sites inscribed by UNESCO
include the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro and the Moroccan city of Rabat, as well as Belgium’s Major Mining Sites of Wallonia.
Te Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro – one of 26 new World Heritage Sites According to minister for Walloon heritage
Carlo Di Antonio, the inscription of the mining sites is “a real opportunity for the development of heritage and tourism” in the region. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=0x7A2
Shannon Heritage to operate Malahide Castle
Shannon Heritage has been appointed to oper- ate Malahide Castle and Gardens in County Dublin, Ireland, in the company’s first move outside the Shannon region. It follows a deal between the group and Malahide Castle and Gardens – formed by Fingal
Read Attractions Management online
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County Council to oversee a €10.5m (US$12.9m, £8.2m) investment in the attraction. Shannon Heritage will be responsible for
running the redeveloped castle, including a new museum and interpretation area. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=v7E6H
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