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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art UCDavis, 26 February 2014
CALIFORNIA, USA– "The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Shrem Museum will occur at 3:00pm on Saturday, March 1, at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for Performing Arts. The ceremony will be indoors, and will process outdoors as William Wiley rings his piece, Gong, which will be installed outside the Mondavi Center. Afterwards, you are welcome to join an art fair and reception. Students will display their work, and the museum’s architects will give a talk at 4:30pm."
Canadian Museum for Human Rights readies galleries for opening CBC News, 25 February 2014
WINNIPEG, MB– "Opening day for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is approaching — Sept. 20, 2014. The structure is looking spectacular from the outside. But what's going on inside? Angela Cassie, the museum's director of communications and external relations, says museum staff have moved into the physical museum and gallery spaces are sealed off and undergoing major construction. As well, 100,000 words of original text
are being written, scripts are being finalized for films and the last
artifacts, pictures and images are being selected."
Vaughan receives expert advice on creating arts, culture hub yorkregion.com, 12 February 2014
VAUGHAN, ON– '"Don’t rush out and start building a performing arts centre in Vaughan’s new downtown just yet. That was one of the key messages Gail Lord, president of Lord Cultural Resources, delivered to council members during a 30-minute presentation at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. “Cultural planning isn’t about building, building, building — although you do need places for these (cultural events) to take place,” Ms Lord said. 'It’s about do you want to be a city with events? Or do you want to be an eventful city? ... Being an eventful city means there’s a sense that you have a structure for supporting events throughout the city. You want to use events for city making, for involving people, for building a spirit of civic-minded cooperation.'"
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Smithsonian Wins Approval for New Museum Design abc news, 20 February 2014
WASHINGTON, DC– "A federal arts panel has given final approval for designs and materials to build a bronze color corona as the defining element of the Smithsonian's new black history museum being built on the National Mall. On Tuesday, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve a cast aluminum lattice that will surround the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In different lights, it's meant to appear
as a glowing bronze crown. Architect David Adjaye says the corona design draws on imagery from African and American history. It was inspired by an African headdress, and the lattice is similar to screen patterns in the South. Adjaye says designers are using aluminum because it's lighter than bronze. The museum is slated to open in late 2015 or early 2016."
American Indian Cultural Center and Museum up for debate again Fox News, 18 February 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK– "The American Indian Cultural Museum could be moving a step closer to completion. A bill approving the last $40-million needed to continue construction will go before committee on Wednesday. This bill has been proposed multiple times, but this time the author changed things up. "This is the final piece. This is the final package and it seems like one that satisfies both the House and the Senate," said Sen. Kyle Loveless. Sen. Loveless is the author of Senate Bill 1650, the last attempt to make the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum a reality. The property has sat vacant and unfinished for years. A similar funding bill was going to be proposed in May 2013, but Sen. Loveless says that $40-million was better served for tornado victims."
Club Innovation Culture, 17 février 2014
CLEVELAND, OH– "A l’occasion des 5èmes Rencontres Nationales Culture & Innovation(s), Jane Alexander, Directeur des systèmes d’information du Cleveland Museum of Art a répondu aux questions du Clic France. Dans cette interview exclusive, elle présente le nouveau dispositif numérique Gallery One qui a été choisi par le Clic France comme la principale innovation muséale dans le monde en 2013."
La Monnaie de Paris rouvre partiellement à la rentrée Le Journal des Arts, 14 février 2014
PARIS, FRANCE– "Fermée depuis trois ans pour d’importants travaux de restructuration, la Monnaie de Paris ouvrira après l’été son nouvel espace d’exposition et un restaurant gastronomique."
Experts say Natchez filled with heritage tourism opportunities natchezdemocrat.com, 9 February 2014
NATCHEZ, MI– "Natchez's African-American history is rich- from site of the nation's second largest slave market to the pulpit from which America's first black senator preached, and those sites are just on ST. Catherine Street. But much of that history remains largely untold, even inaccessible. The stories of African Americans in Natchez are woven throughout the city in a complex, diverse and intricate web. Such stories, local and national tourism experts agree, are ones tourists would be interested in hearing if they offered in a more easily accessible fashion."
New Museum Planned for Historic Galena, Galena Historical Society Announces PR Web, 7 February 2014
GALENA, IL– "When your entire town is an outdoor museum, the tendency is to feel you’ve connected with history just by walking or driving through the mid-19th century streets and architecture. But the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society knows bricks and mortar are just the tip of the iceberg; that preserving and interpreting the stories of the land and the people who inhabited it make a deeper, richer learning experience. They’ve been doing that for 75 years through the Galena History Museum on South Bench Street. In 2014 they are embarking on a plan to create a new world-class museum in historic Galena."
Work to begin next month on Black Loyalist Heritage Centre Herland News, 5 February 2014
HALIFAX, NS– "As African Heritage Month gets underway across the province, site preparation is also underway for the newest addition to the Nova Scotia Museum complex — the $4.3-million Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Construction trailers will begin rolling in next week and work will commence March 14, said Beverly Cox, the new site manager for the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, near Shelburne. The municipal, provincial and federal governments are contributing toward the building. There are also a multitude of fundraising events and private donors."
The Guardian, 2 February 2014
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND– "The collection of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne is reputed to include some 10,000 items. Sportswear being what it is, however, some pieces do tend to stick in the mind more than others. Wandering its refurbished circular galleries on a freezing cold morning last week (the museum, founded in 1993, has recently reopened following a two-year-long renovation by the British design consultancy Mather & Co), I could barely take in the amazing amount of Lycra on display; and once you've seen one pair of Adidas trainers, you've probably seen them all. But then I found myself standing in front of a two-man bobsleigh used by the Swiss team in the 1920s. Made almost entirely of wood, it looked for all the world like the sledge I had as a child; only a Swiss flag painted on its flimsy nose marked it out as kit for competition. Nearby stood a luge from the 1960s, another terrifyingly primitive affair consisting of a simple wooden frame, a webbed seat and a set of reins for steering (they looked to me just like a toddler's walking reins). Crikey. At last, my heart began to beat just a little faster."
Le nouvel art de gérer les musées Le Figaro.fr, 23 janvier 2014
FRANCE– "Ils se creusent la tête et retroussent leurs manches. Pour eux, malgré la crise, difficile ne veut pas dire impossible. La nouvelle génération des directeurs de musées des beaux-arts de province dépoussière l'institution et ravive la fonction."
Club Innovation et Culture, 23 décembre 2013
BORDEAUX, FRANCE– "Au cœur d’un quartier en pleine réhabilitation, à l’entrée de la ville, trônera la Cité des civilisations du vin. Un édifice remarquable par son architecture atypique avec des formes tout en arrondi. Le bâtiment résolument contemporain offrira une surface de près de 10 000 m2."
Museums
Paris Picasso museum to reopen after five years menfn.com, 25 February 2014
PARIS, FRANCE– "Five years after it closed for a two-year renovation, Paris's Picasso museum -- which houses one of the world's most extensive collections of the Spanish master's work -- is to reopen its doors. The final bill for the refurbishment of the 17th-century baroque mansion in Paris's historic Marais quarter now stands at 52 million euros (71 million), 22 million euros more than the original budget due to changes in the scope of the work."
The new Enzo Ferrari Museum (MEF) reopening – Big success for the new format Museo Case Enzo Ferrari, 24 February 2014
ITALY– "The new MEF is now completely renewed with extraordinary cars and a sort of ‘time machine’ that will take you through 100 years pointing out together the history of Modena motoring, the story of Enzo Ferrari and his deeds and the world in which it all happened. The 19 high definition multiprojectors allow to immerse the public in images, sound and emotions concerning the story of Enzo Ferrari driver, creator of the Scuderia and constructor starting from the 1947. This will be definitely a unique experience to enjoy during your visit in Modena."
Experts Share Sinkhole Information, National Corvette Museum Remains Open Surfky.com, 20 February 2014
KENTUCKY, USA– "A day when a large sinkhole opened up in one of the most unusual spots – the Skydome area of the National Corvette Museum, taking eight prized Corvettes with it. Teams of engineers and construction personnel have been on-site since day one, securing the area and moving forward with the remediation of the sinkhole." [see also Chevrolet will restore classic Corvettes swallowed by Kentucky sinkhole, The Guardian, February 2014]
Construction under way and designs released for Wilsonville's World of Speed car museum The Oregonian, 18 February 2014
OREGON, USA– "Designs are out and construction is under way for an interactive racecar museum set to open this year in Wilsonville. Crews broke ground last month on the World of Speed, a venue that will showcase more than 100 cars and motorcycles from famous racers, including Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Unlike most car museums, the place will allow visitors to touch and sit inside the vehicles, Executive Director Tony Thacker said."
Brussels celebrates Museum Night Fever The Financial Express, 17 février 2014
BRUXELLES, BELGIQUE– "'On February 22nd, 2014 the city of Brussels will witness an all-night celebration. Museum Night Fever is an event where the museums stay open until the early hours, attracting young people in huge numbers for an offbeat programme - a strong and sparkling winter cocktail of exhibitions, concerts, performances, fashion, workshops and DJs!'"
Renovations begin at Peterborough's museum Kawartha Region, 15 February 2014
PETERBOROUGH, ON– "Construction has started on the next phase of major renovations to the Peterborough Museum and Archives facility atop Armour Hill. Mortlock Construction has begun work on significant renovations and upgrades to the museum's lower level which, when complete, will provide improved storage for archival and photographic collections. The work is part of the broader Museum Renewal Project which will also see the construction of an on-site, stand-alone storage facility. That construction will begin in early spring with completion of all phases of the project expected in August."
Howard Graphic Equipment Opens A New Print Museum whattheythink.com, 14 February 2014
MISSISSAUGA, ON– "Howard Graphic Equipment is pleased to announce the opening of Howard Iron Works Printing Museum and Antique Restoration Facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Museum has assembled a diverse and important collection of printing machinery and materials from the mid 19th to the 20th century. This period of history has been considered to be possibly the most prolific and important period in the development of printing equipment and processes in the history of communication."
Museum of Science Fiction planned for Washington DC Attractions Management, 11 February 2014
WASHINGTON, DC– "The Museum of Science Fiction will cover a broad sampling of science fiction across literature, television, film, music, video games and art. The museum is going through a three-stage construction process, with the facility being introduced to interested parties through an online medium, with a 3,000sq ft (279sq m) preview museum being created before the final facility is put together. By creating a preview structure, the museum’s creators believe that they will be able to encourage visitors to get involved early in the development process, allowing flexibility to adjust plans and assure a better visitor experience in the full-scale facility."
Kimmeridge fossil museum given £2.7m Heritage Lottery Fund boost BBC News, 4 February 2014
KIMMERIDGE, ENGLAND– "The museum, to be built on the site of Kimmeridge village hall, will be home to more than 2,000 fossils collected over 30 years by resident Steve Etches. It will also house a community space and conservation workshop, where people can see work in progress. The museum, which is due to open in 2016, already has planning permission. Nerys Watts, head of HLF South West, said: "The Etches Collection is truly extraordinary and gives us a comprehensive history of fossil collecting on Dorset's Jurassic Coast." In August, Purbeck District Council said it was pledging £50,000 to the project."
Staten Island Museum Plans Move Into Historic Digs Time Warner Cable News, 31 January 2014
STATEN ISLAND, NY– "An ornate, four story staircase is the only original item inside the Snug Harbor Cultural Center building dating back to 1879 when it was a place of rest for weary mariners. "It has been a feat that you can turn what used to be a dormitory for sailors into a world class museum," said Staten Island Museum COO Cheryl Adolph. Snug Harbor became a city, state and federal landmarked site in 1965, with help from the Staten Island Museum. Now the museum is relocating there while keeping its smaller location near the ferry terminal. It's a move almost 50 years in the making."
UNESCO to help Egypt museum recover from blast PostBulletin.com, 31 January 2014
CAIRO, EGYPT– "A UNESCO team will travel to Cairo to assess the damage inflicted on a renowned Islamic art museum by a bombing targeting the nearby security headquarters, Egypt's Minister of Antiquities said Sunday. The museum also will receive $100,000 from the U.N. cultural agency to help the museum recover from the explosion, which damaged much of the museum's artifacts, Mohammed Ibrahim said."
New pavilion for maritime museum au.news, 30 January 2014
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA– "The Australian National Maritime Museum will get a new pavilion to showcase the role of the Royal Australian Navy in World War I. It will tell of Australia's first submarine, AE1, which disappeared off New Britain in September 1914, AE2 and its incredible voyage through the Dardanelles at Gallipoli and Australia's first great naval battle between cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden. Arts Minister George Brandis says it will be the only major permanent centenary project to commemorate the Royal Australian Navy's involvement in the First World War."
Architecture
V&A Waterfront Partners With Jochen Zeitz To Create Africa’s First Major Museum Of Contemporary Art zeitzfoundation.org, February, 2014
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA– "V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz have announced a unique partnership to create a major new cultural institution that will focus on collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting cutting edge contemporary art from Africa and its Diaspora. The museum will be named Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in honour of the renowned Zeitz Collection, which will form the museum’s founding collection."
4 shortlisted for arts centre on the Rhine World Architecture News, 19 February 2014
NETHERLANDS– "Black Box meets White Cube in BIG's shortlisted proposal for ArtA Culural Center. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has unveiled its first project in the Netherlands as part of a design competition for an arts cluster in Arnhem. Working in partnership with Allard Architecture, the Danish firm has been shortlisted for the development alongside the following teams: Kengo Kuma & Associates; NL Architects; and HH with SO-IL and ABT. OMA was also shortlisted but has since withdrawn from the competition."
Shinohara Kazuo: Renowned Japanese Architect Gets His Due at Kemper Art Museum DailyRFT.com, 18 February 2014
ST. LOUIS, MO– "Most St. Louisans know of our European inspired architecture -- Gothic spires, Roman temples and Mansard roofs, but the city owes much of its beauty to architects from a country on the other side of the world: Japan. For the last 60 years, Modernist architects such as Tadao Ando and Gyo Obata's masterpieces continue to shape the landscape of our city. Consequently, the Kemper Art Museum's new exhibition on the work of Japanese architect Shinohara Kazuo is all the more relevant today."
New hub for industrial design in Mexico City planned by Zeller & Moye and FR-EE World Architecture News, 14 February 2014
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO– "Archivo is an exciting young initiative in Mexico City whose operations promote and exhibit top-level industrial design in the city to provide opportunities for learning and experiencing the arts. Currently based in an existing gallery space in Tacubaya, the organisation is keen to operate out of a stand-alone centre and is working with Zeller & Moye and FR-EE to design a new home."
Heritage building jazzed up in Casco Viejo World Architecture News, 14 February 2014
CASCO VIEJO, PANAMA– "Danilo Perez to open 50-seat jazz club in Panama's first skyscraper later this month. The American Trade Hotel opened in the city of Casco Viejo in autumn 2013 providing a haven for cultural and artistic people looking to meet like-minded travellers in Panama. Originally designed by Leonardo Villanueva Meyer, the 1917 building is now a boutique hotel with an artistic edge in Casco Viejo’s UNESCO-designated district. On 23 February 2014, famed jazz musician Danilo Perez will celebrate the opening of a 50-seat jazz club at the American Trade Hotel in a creative partnership between composer and venue. Working with local architects Hache Uve, sound engineer Rob Griffin and LA-based Commune Design, the partnership looks to bring a world-class jazz venue to Panama."
Ron Thom is subject of Gardiner Museum exhibit The Toronto Star, 13 February 2014
TORONTO, ON– "Canadian architecture does not want for fallen heroes but, except for Ron Thom, it has few tragic figures. The B.C.-born designer, who drank himself into an early grave at the age of 63, comes closest. A man of enormous if not effortless brilliance, he squandered his talent and died too young to realize his potential. But as the handful of masterpieces he left behind make clear, Thom was one of the greats. Modern yet not modernist, artist as well as architect, he never fitted in but could never be counted out. His greatest works — Toronto’s Massey College, Trent University in Peterborough, the West Coast houses — are part of the Canadian architectural canon, ready to be rediscovered. But already his name is fading from memory."
Geology Museum + Research Center by lee+mundwiler architects to open this spring World Architecture News, 29 January 2014
JAPAN– "Los Angeles-based design studio lee + mundwiler architects have shared their latest civic scheme with WAN as it draws to completion on the coast of Shenzhen. Located across the water from Hong Kong on the Dapeng Peninsula, the Geology Museum + Research Center features a pair of volumes connected by a sheltered courtyard. The design of the complex was inspired by its location on a peninsular sculpted by volcanic eruptions dating back 135 million years. After years of volcanic eruptions, the land has been moulded into a plethora of unique rock formations which are now the focus of guest researchers within a protected Geological Park."
Daily Journal of Commerce, 28 January 2014
DENVER, COLORADO– "Construction is slated to start next year on a two-story, 17,700-square-foot home for the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art at 12th Avenue and Bannock Street in Denver's museum district. Olson Kundig Architects of Seattle is designing the building with exhibit space on the ground floor and offices above. A 1,300-square-foot building called the Vance Kirkland Studio, constructed in 1910, will be moved to the site."
Hadrian's Wall £11.2m visitor centre final design unveiled BBC News, 25 January 2014
UNITED KINGDOM– "The final design for an £11.2m centre and youth hostel on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland has been unveiled. The Sill project will provide a cafe and education, art and office space to replace facilities dating back to the 1960s at Once Brewed, near Hexham. The scheme, which is backed by the Northumberland National Park Authority and Youth Hostel Association, is expected to create 60 full-time jobs. A spokesman for the authority said it would "boost tourism" in the area. The designs have been created to be sympathetic to the surrounding landscape and the building will use sustainable energy such as solar thermal water heating and woodchip heating."
Hiroshi Sugimoto Designs Own Museum The Wall Street Journal, 23 January 2014
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA– "When it comes to museums, Hiroshi Sugimoto doesn’t mince words. “This is the worst space I ever encountered,” he told the Journal before opening a retrospective of his work at Seoul’s Leeum Samsung Museum of Art late last year. The Japanese artist was especially unhappy about a steep escalator leading down into the main gallery space of the OMA-designed building. “Why do that? It’s terrible,” he lamented. “I feel a kind of bad will from this architect.” Based between New York and Tokyo, Mr. Sugimoto is best known as a photographer of serene, contemplative black-and-white seascapes. He is also a conceptual artist, a collector of objects from prehistoric fossils to ancient scrolls, a stage director of Japanese puppet-theater plays, and, of late, the head of his own architecture practice. In 2011, he published an architecture book about the many museums that have shown his work, from the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., to the Fondation Cartier in Paris. Recently, he has been busy building his own museum, slated to open in the spring of 2016."
Technology
Artist uses Google Glass to interact with museum visitors bbc news, 25 February 2014
UNITED KINGDOM– "Google Glass is changing the way we perceive the world by offering users an augmented reality through wireless technology. Information including text, video and still images hovers in front of the wearer's eye, as the wearer connects to the internet or issues voice commands. The technology caused a sensation when it was launched last year, and now artists are using it to expand the way we experience art. Viewpoint of Billions by David Datuna is an interactive installation that was recently shown at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. While 3D viewing has become commonplace, the combination of sculpture, collage, and Google Glass enables visitors to enter the fourth dimension."
Tour the Ducati museum with Google Maps Auto Blog, 25 February 2014
BOLOGNA, ITALY– "Google Maps and Street View have done a fabulous job adding motoring museums to their catalogs. Google has given visitors the chance to virtually visit fantastic exhibitions including the Honda Collection Hall, Lamborghini museum, Mazda museum and McLaren Technology Centre. The latest addition to the list is the Ducati Museum in Borgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy. The 850-square-meter (9,149-square-foot) museum displays more than 40 motorcycles around a central, helmet-shaped theater and tells the entire history of Ducati from its beginning through modern MotoGP racing bikes. Rooms off to the sides focus on specific points in the brand's history, such as its use of desmodromic valves on its motorcycles. Google really got into the details and even scanned the gift shop. The museum claims that it already attracts 40,000 visitors a year, and being available on Google Street View is going to show it to the world. Scroll down to visit an embedded version of the museum and read the press release below."
Robotic sculpting to save cultural heritage Euro News, 24 February 2014
EUROPE– "Up until now, it could take a sculptor up to a month and a half to make a copy of a corinthian column. Now, thanks to a French-made stone-carving robot, it takes just a week. It can do pretty much anything you programme it to do. First, the original is scanned and the data is downloaded into a computer to create a 3D version of it. The sculpture’s 3D image can then be repaired or even altered for reproduction. Today, this technique is mainly used to obtain digital copies of our precious historical heritage."
Botanical garden taps smartphone technology Bellevue Reporter, 24 February 2014
WASHINGTON, DC– "The Bellevue Botanical Garden is embracing its tech-savvy community by making education about its myriad plants as easy as getting on your smartphone. Funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Tap to Learn program uses tags with encoded chips inside the plant beds that work with both near field communication and quick response (QR) code readers in a person's phone. By tapping the tag in a garden bed — scanning if you use a QR reader on an iPhone — the phone will access an informational page detailing all the data about a certain plant."
Step into the Museum of the Future, Today CISCO, 19 February 2014
CLEVELAND, OH– "Museums and art galleries are hardly the first places that spring to mind when you think of technological innovation. Unless you have been to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), that is. Step inside the century-old building in University Circle on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and even though some of the exhibitions on display may date from hundreds or even thousands of years ago, the experience you have is pure 21st century or beyond."
Les visiteurs de la Maison de Rubens à Anvers guidés par la technologie iBeacon Club Innovation Culture, 14 février 2014
BELGIQUE– "Dans la Maison de Rubens, à Anvers, les touristes sont désormais guidés par la technologie de géolocalisation iBeacon, intégrée dans une application sur iPhone et iPad."
World Digital Library Will Expand Science Holdings with Gift from Jones International University Digital Journal, 12 February 2014
DENVER, CO – "The Library of Congress today announced a gift from Jones International University® (JIU®) to the Library’s World Digital Library (WDL), an initiative which brings the rarest and most important cultural documents of the world to people everywhere. This gift of $250,000 will support WDL expansion of content on American achievements in science and technology."
National Virtual Library of India Planned Good E Reader, 31 January 2014
INDIA– "The Indian government has taken up an ambitious project of digitizing public libraries to ensure ease of access of books to the people. The National Mission on Libraries – as the scheme has been termed – also entails the creation of the National Virtual Library of India which will act as a comprehensive collection of information generated within the country. The rich repository of information, it is believed will act to spur reading habit among the masses besides of course facilitating research and information sharing. Emphasis will also be paid to ensure all including those from rural or under developed regions to have equal priority over information."
Rebooting the relationship between art and tech The Guardian, 29 January 2014
"Technology and art have enjoyed a tempestuous relationship over the years. Fine art purists have demonstrated a wary scepticism towards the use and abuse of new technologies, and tech-heads have been staunchly resistant to art’s whimsical influence. But as the pressing issues of privacy and identity, addiction and dependency, and lives increasingly enmeshed in technology begin to create compelling subject matter for artists and technologists alike, art and tech are enjoying a second honeymoon. This rebooted relationship will be clearly visible in 2014 with a number of high-profile, boundary-pushing exhibitions and initiatives being launched, and more tech-art collaborations being funded by government bodies."
Club Innovation Culture, 29 janvier 2014
FRANCE– "Considéré comme l’un des projets numériques majeurs du Ministère de la culture,la sémantisation de 300 000 notices illustrées de la base Joconde élargit à de nouveaux publics l’accès aux ressources culturelles."
Art and Culture
Museum will unearth indigenous history New Castle Herald, 17 February 2014
GRETA, AUSTRALIA– "An artefacts museum displaying the history of Aboriginal people in the region is likely to be built near the Hunter Expressway at Greta. Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Laurie Perry said Aboriginal groups wanted to display more than 20,000artefacts that were uncovered during an eight-year archaeological dig along the expressway. Archaeologists and Aboriginal people who worked with the project team discovered hammer stones, axes, stone tools, scarred trees, ceremonial sites, fire pits, open campsites, grinding grooves and artefact scatters."
Naipaul House to become heritage site Trinidad Express Newspapers, 10 February 2014
TRINIDAD– "Trinidad and Tobago’s literary icon VS Naipaul, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2001, is renowned for the novel A House For Mr Biswas. The famous house is located at 26 Nepaul Street, St James. Naipaul lived there from 1946 until 1950 before emigrating to Oxford, England. He now resides there. Apart from Naipaul, his parents Seepersad (writer) and Droapatie Naipaul shared the home with his brother and fellow writer Shiva. The unveiling of a commemorative plaque with the inscription “The Biswas House: Family Home of Seepersad and Droapatie Naipaul” took place at 26 Nepaul Street, St James, yesterday."
Beaulieu National Motor Museum lines up for toy car world record Southern Daily Echo, 6th February 2014
UNITED KINGDOM– "It houses some of Britain’s most iconic cars, including record-breaking vehicles driven by the Campbell dynasty. Now the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, is planning to set a record of its own – by creating the longest line of toy cars in the world. Lord Montagu, 87, is determined to smash the existing record of 9,795 toys, set in Guatemala less than two months ago. He has launched a campaign to collect at least 10,000 model cars, which will be placed end-to-end in a one-kilometre queue that will start and finish at the main museum building on May 5. The toys will then be sold in aid of Naomi House children’s hospice near Winchester."
Want a life-size wax Civil War figurine? Gettysburg Heritage Center will sell pieces from wax museum The Patriot-News, 5 February 2014
PENNSYLVANIA, USA– "The Gettysburg Heritage Center, formerly the American Civil War Wax Museum, announced this week it will sell display pieces from the 52-year old museum during an auction at 9 a.m. March 15. The center, under new ownership, plans a more interactive way to tell the story of Gettysburg, before, during and after the Battle of Gettysburg."
Islamic museum plan for Venice gets mixed reactions World Bulletin, 5 February 2014
VENICE, ITALY– "The Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has announced his plan to establish an Islamic museum in the historic city of Venice. During a trip to Doha, Letta said that the Italian government ''made a commitmentto explore the opportunity to build an Islamic museum in Venice on the Grand Canal''. Venice mayor Giorgio Orsoni welcomed the plan, which he said would fit in nicely alongside existing museums in the city, thanking Letta for ''his interest in the creation of an Islamic museum of great international scope in Venice''. Orsoni also said that the museum would be ''a sign of the history of this city and its openness to dialogue between cultures and religions''. "If we all agreed, I think the Venice museum could be ready in 6-12 months. Interested Arab states could finance the operation, but the cultural project would remain Venetian," museum entrepreneur Alessandro Goppion told Venice-based nwspaper Il Gazzettino. However, the far-right Northern League slammed the plan, saying that the Italian premier should focus on the economy and not cultural institutions."
Details of the The Marvel Experience domed complex tour unveiled Attractions Management, 5 February 2014
USA– "Entertainment experience company Hero Ventures has unveiled details of the design of 'The Marvel Experience' domed complex set to tour cities across the USA and Canada in 2014. Covering a 2-acre footprint of more than 80,000sq ft (7,430sq m), the state-of-the-art, custom built multi-dome complex is reported to be the first time a venue of its type, size and scope has been used for a mobile tour. From the outside, the six-storey high Marvel Experience resembles a temporary S.H.I.E.L.D. installation or 'Mobile Command Centre'. Inside, a maze of connected Domes will lead guests through an array of interactive games and original animated short films associated with the Marvel Super Hero family, including - amongst others - Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Wolverine and The Avengers."
Giant Astronaut Statue Envisioned for New Apollo Visitor Center in Texas Space.com, 5 February 2014
WEBSTER, TX– "A new Texas-size tribute to NASA's Apollo manned moon landings may give new meaning to the phrase "giant leap." An 80-foot-tall (24 meters) statue of a spacesuited astronaut is planned as the centerpiece for the Apollo Center, a newly-announced visitor attraction in Webster, Texas. Proposed as a 20,000 square-foot (1,860 square meters) facility located just down the road from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, the Apollo Center would serve as an education and conference center. The "venue [will] serve not only as a tribute to the Apollo program ... but also as a window into the future of space exploration, space habitation, and space technology," the non-profit behind the new center described in a brochure."
Kot Mithan to have tourism resort and museum Tribune, 1 February 2014
MULTAN, PAKISTAN– "Dera Ghazi Khan Commissioner Sohail Shehzad on Friday approved construction of a tourism resort and a museum in Kot Mithan, Rajanpur district’s historical city. The commissioner, who was appointed in the position just three days ago, said promotion of culture and heritage was among his priorities. The commissioner also directed the authorities to illuminate these places and display promotional banners to highlight these places for tourists. The projects approved on Friday will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs86 million. The approval came in a joint meeting with several officials of the Tourism Development Authority, including its development and finance directors; the Dera Ghazi Khan Arts Council resident director, the senior engineer (provincial buildings) and the Tourism Development Corporation of Pakistan planning and development chief officer."
Richard III: New £4m visitor centre plans unveiled BBC News, 28 January 2014
UNITED KINGDOM– "Plans for a £4m visitor centre dedicated to Richard III, whose remains were found underneath a Leicester car park, have been unveiled. Work has started to transform the old Leicester Grammar School building, which overlooks where the king was found, into the centre. An exhibition will tell the story of Richard III's life and how his skeleton was identified by experts. The centre's trustees said it would give the city an economic boost. The new visitor centre is due to be opened in the summer and its interactive exhibition will be titled Richard III: Dynasty, Death and Discovery."
Partenariat public-privé : vers un nouveau modèle de développement culturel Cultural Engineering Group, 4 janvier 2014
FRANCE– "A l’heure où les coupes budgétaires sont de rigueur avec une baisse des subventions de 2,8% en 2013, les institutions culturelles ont besoin de repenser leur modèle économique et diversifier leurs sources de financement (...)"
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Le Plan Campus relancé : où en sont les projets ? LeMoniteur.fr, 24 février 2014
FRANCE– "Lancé début 2008, le modèle du Plan Campus a été heurté par la crise. La signature, le 6 février à Lille, d’un accord avec la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), a été l’occasion pour le gouvernement d’annoncer la relance du plan Campus. En quoi consiste-t-elle réellement ? Eléments de réponse et détail, région par région, de l’avancement du programme."
Sherlock: New ‘£25million theme park’ planned to be built in Portsmouth?! (UPDATED) Prime Time, 18 February 2014
PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM– "This is literally the BEST news we have heard all year – A new theme park based on Sherlock is in the planning stages to be built in Portsmouth! Ever since the BBC released its global hit series, Sherlock, back in 2010 there has been many a dispute of the copyright of the characters and the original stories." [see also, £25m Sherlock attraction planned for Portsmouth, UK, Leisure Opportunities, February 2014]
Mexico to become home to resident Cirque du Soleil show Attractions Management, 14 February 2014
RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO– "Mexico is to become home to Cirque du Soleil’s first resident show operating outside of the US, after the announcement that a new custom-designed theatre is under construction in Riviera Maya to house the entertainment spectacle. The announcement comes as Cirque du Soleil teams up with Grupo Vidanta, a developer of resorts and tourism infrastructure in Mexico. The attraction will offer guests access to an intimate dinner and show inside a 600-seat theatre designed by leading architect Arturo Hernandez, created to provide a feeling of close proximity between guests and performing artists."
Indigenous theme park attraction launched in Australia Attractions Management, 13 Feb 2014
AUSTRALIA– "Australia’s first dedicated indigenous theme park attraction has opened at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, offering visitors a unique insight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Live wildlife exhibits ranging from kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles to tasmanian devils and tree kangaroos are on show in the Dreamworld Corroboree attraction, interpreted through an indigenous lens to highlight their relevance to Aboriginal culture."
Paris ghost stations could become leisure spaces Leisure Opportunities, 12 February 2014
PARIS, FRANCE– "Paris’ 16 “ghost stations” which have been disused for decades could have new life breathed into them as leisure spaces, if ideas put forward by a politician come to fruition. As part of her election campaign, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, of the UMP Party, has commissioned Oxo Architects and Laisné Architects to come up with designs for alternative uses for these redundant spaces. The designs show how Arsenal station – a disused stop near the Bastille which has remained closed since 1939 – could be transformed into a swimming pool, theatre, concert hall, nightclub, art gallery or a refectory-style restaurant."
Design firm selected for Botanical Gardens Courier-Journal, 12 February 2014
ATLANTA, GA– "Long-discussed plans for the Waterfront Botanical Gardens envisioned on a 23-acre former city landfill at River Road and Frankfort Avenue are finally moving to the front burner, supporters say. A consulting design team, Perkins+Will, has been selected to lay out a master plan for the gardens by Botanica Inc., a local nonprofit group dedicated to promoting the understanding of plants and gardening as well as sustainability. Botanica, however, faces a huge fundraising challenge. It needs perhaps $35 million to fully develop what the Perkins firm is expected to propose, but “we will do it,” said Mike Kimmel, Botanica’s vice president."
Presidio Trust Rejects Proposals From Lucas, Others for Landmark Site Philanthropy News Digest, 5 February 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, CA– "The board of the Presidio Trust, a federal agency created to preserve the historic park and former military base at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, has voted unanimously to reject proposals from filmmaker and philanthropist George Lucas and two other groups to build a cultural center on a prime piece of park real estate."
Gamaliya Street to be turned into ‘open-air museum’ Worldpress.org, 5 February 2014
CAIRO, EGYPT– "The Ministry of Antiquities, the governorate of Cairo and the Ministry of Interior have begun implementing a project involving the closing off of Gamaliya Street in the historic Old Cairo and converting it into an open-air museum for pedestrians, similarly to the famous Al-Moez Street, said Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim. The minister confirmed that the plan has been approved by the cabinet."
South Korea's Robotland theme park set to open in 2016 Attractions Management, 5 February 2014
SOUTH KOREA– "Robotland, the world's first exhibition complex dedicated to robotics, is scheduled to open in Incheon, South Korea in 2016. The KRW670.4bn (£381m, US$622m, €460m) project, 30km (18.5 miles) outside of Seoul, is being developed by Robotland Co. Ltd, and is a combination of learning facility and theme park attraction. Of the site's total area of 767,286sq m (190 acres), 343,950sq m (85 acres) is occupied by the theme and water park element and their associated administration functions, with the theme park comprising three sections. Robot Kingdom incorporates the Robot History Centre; a 350-seat research and development exhibition; and a 2000-seat Robot Game Arena and Convention Centre."
Japan to be home to proposed new Moomin theme park Leisure Opportunities, 5 February 2014
JAPAN– "Japan is to be the site for a new Moomin theme park, although its exact location has yet to be determined. Scheduled for a 2015 opening which will almost coincide with the 100th birthday of the late Moomins creator Tove Jansson, the park will feature her popular animated characters and fairy tales and join the existing Moomin World theme park at Naantali, Finland and a Moomin-inspired park elsewhere in Japan. Moomin Monogatari, Ltd. will oversee the project, which is a joint venture by financial services company FinTech Global Inc. and Puuha International Oy, the Finnish playground equipment group. The Moomin stories were first published in 1945 in Swedish by the Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson, with the nine Moomin books and various Moomin comic strips having since been adapted into several animations. The subjects themselves are a family of white, roundish characters resembling hippopotamuses, who live in a house in Moominvalley."
La fabrique artistique des imaginaires de la métropole parisienne Cultural Engineering Group, 5 février 2014
PARIS, FRANCE– "Le 8ème cycle de rencontres-débats art [espace] public sera consacré à La fabrique artistique des imaginaires de la métropole parisienne, chaque fin de semaine, de 19h à 21h, du 7 février au 14 mars, dans divers lieux de l’Île-de-France."
Work expected to begin on Danish Lego House attraction this year Attractions Management, 4 February 2014
BILLUND, DENMARK– "Construction work is expected to start this year on the Lego House, a visitor and interactive exhibition centre in the Danish town of Billund, with the attraction made to resemble a giant stack of Lego bricks. The project has been designed by progressive architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), in conjunction with the Lego Group, the Lego Foundation and investment company Kirkbi A/S. Once completed in 2016, the centre will play host to 7,600sq m (81,805 sq ft) of exhibition areas, a Lego store, café and a large public square."
Funding boost for V&A at Dundee Heritage Lottery Fund, 31 January 2014
UNITED KINGDOM– "V&A at Dundee has been awarded £9.4m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) which represents a massive vote of confidence in what will be the first ever design museum to be built in the UK outside of London. Designed by the celebrated Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, V&A at Dundee is also the flagship for Dundee's ambitious plans for its waterfront redevelopment. The HLF grant will primarily support the capital costs of the building, in particular the development of its Scottish Design Galleries dedicated to Scotland's outstanding design heritage, as well as its ambitious education work across the country."
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