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Tate St Ives is seeking an architect-led multi-discipline team to lead a major renovation of Palais de Danse, the former studio of renowned sculptor Barbara Hepworth
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 24 Jan 2023 |
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The UK government has announced the launch of a new Energy Bill Discount Scheme offering significant discounts for vulnerable businesses including museums and heritage sites
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 19 Jan 2023 |
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After a difficult few years the museum sector is showing promising signs of recovery with several exciting projects set to open this year. Here are 14 of 2023’s most anticipated museum openings
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 18 Jan 2023 |
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Heritage organisations in the UK are in serious jeopardy of closure as a result of the cost of living crisis, with nine in 10 concerned about their future
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 17 Jan 2023 |
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A plot to steal a 10-tonne ancient statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II has been foiled after police arrested three men attempting to make away with the gigantic antiquity
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 16 Jan 2023 |
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Arguably Britain’s most well known dinosaur - the Natural History Museum’s iconic ‘Dippy’ the diplodocus - is set for a three year move to Coventry starting next month
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 10 Jan 2023 |
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Culture, heritage and sport sites are set to receive £4.5m over the next three years to support actions in the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Dec 2022 |
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Longtime member and actor Helena Bonham Carter CBE has become the first female president of The London Library
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 22 Nov 2022 |
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Cruise operator Holland America Line is celebrating 150 years with the announcement of a partnership with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 20 Oct 2022 |
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A wildfire on Easter Island which could have been started deliberately has caused ‘irreparable’ damage to the Unesco World Heritage Site’s iconic moai head statues
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Oct 2022 |
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Researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and London’s Natural History Museum have discovered the cause of damage to several medieval murals in a Unesco World Heritage site in Ukraine
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 06 Oct 2022 |
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The British Museum has proposed a ‘Parthenon partnership’ that could see the Parthenon Marbles - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece for the first time in more than 200 years
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 02 Aug 2022 |
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Detailed replicas of the controversial Elgin or Parthenon Marbles, created by a robot, will soon go on display in London
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 20 Jul 2022 |
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Unesco has verified more than 150 cultural sites in Ukraine have been either partially or completely destroyed since the Vladimir Putin-led invasion by Russia
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Jun 2022 |
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The Ford Island Control Tower at Pearl Harbor is now open to the public for the first time in decades following a US$7m restoration
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 15 Jun 2022 |
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Jean-Luc Martinez stands accused of conspiring to hide the origin of archaeological treasures that investigators say were smuggled out of Egypt during the Arab Spring uprisings
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 31 May 2022 |
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A man entered the Louvre on Sunday disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair in an attempt to deface the Mona Lisa with cake
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 30 May 2022 |
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The Natural History Museum is partnering with the University of Reading on a major new digitisation centre to be built at the Thames Valley Science Park
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 20 May 2022 |
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Unesco’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Kazan has been indefinitely postponed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Apr 2022 |
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Organisations including the Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra, as well as the UK’s culture minister Nadine Dorries, have called on Unesco to change the location of its 45th annual World Heritage Committee meeting, which is currently scheduled to take place in Russia
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 08 Apr 2022 |
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Art and antiquities dealer Roben Dib has been arrested on charges of gang fraud and money laundering
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Apr 2022 |
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The museum closed due to security concerns in 2019, and was then hit by the coronavirus pandemic
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 25 Mar 2022 |
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The UN cultural organisation is aiming to mark as many key heritage sites with the Hague Convention emblem, which protects cultural heritage in the event of armed conflict
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Mar 2022 |
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Los Angeles’ iconic La Brea Tar Pits will soon undergo a major transformation should a masterplan by Weiss/Manfredi pass its environmental review
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 04 Mar 2022 |
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Escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia have seen Ukrainian institutions prepare security and evacuation plans should the worst happen
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 23 Feb 2022 |
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Warwick Castle will soon be home to a Zog-themed playland, with the popular IP set to arrive at the heritage attraction in April
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 22 Feb 2022 |
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One of the world’s most important works of prehistoric art has found a new home at the British Museum
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 14 Feb 2022 |
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With so many big things coming in the year ahead, we’ve rounded up all the key events taking place this year. Welcome to your attractions calendar for 2022.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 02 Feb 2022 |
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A new initiative from France’s Grand Palais will see the development of digital experiences for some of the world’s most iconic artworks, starting with a debut exhibition on the Louvre’s Mona Lisa
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Jan 2022 |
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The Gateway to Hell could soon burn no more with Turkmenistan’s President ordering the famous blaze to be extinguished for good
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jan 2022 |
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McDonald’s has lost a high court appeal to build a €1.3 m drive-through restaurant directly next to Rome’s historic Baths of Caracalla
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 06 Jan 2022 |
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The new Ilulissat Icefjord Centre is part of Greenland’s plan to attract more tourists to the country
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 13 Sep 2021 |
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Pixel Artworks has worked with Merlin Entertainments to develop Sundown Spectacular - an all-new lightshow at Warwick Castle celebrating the end of the British summer
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 27 Aug 2021 |
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The Taliban has vowed to protect Afghanistan’s heritage but concern is still extremely high following destruction seen in previous years
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 26 Aug 2021 |
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The exhibition explores the history of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s warship, which sank in the Battle of the Solent in 1545
Alex Chapman | Planet Attractions | 03 Aug 2021 |
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The World Heritage Committee has inscribed 13 new sites in Europe, Asia and the Middle East to Unesco’s World Heritage List
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Jul 2021 |
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The Highland Council has appointed Mather & Co to help transform the castle into a world-class attraction
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 23 Jul 2021 |
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Unesco has deleted Liverpool from its World Heritage List after a committee determined new developments were damaging the city’s global heritage
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 20 Jul 2021 |
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Unesco has said that plans by the British government to build a tunnel beneath Stonehenge will have a ‘highly adverse and irreversible impact’ on the World Heritage site
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 12 Jul 2021 |
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Castles and palaces in Germany are set to receive a huge investment into refurbishing existing tourist attractions.
Alex Chapman | Planet Attractions | 09 Jul 2021 |
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The Colosseum’s hypogeum has undergone a major restoration allowing visitors to explore the historic passageways for the first time
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 07 Jul 2021 |
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The Museum of the Home has been refused permission to remove a statue of Robert Geffrye despite public calls to ditch the controversial work
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 02 Jul 2021 |
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Unesco says that COVID-19 will have a significant impact on World Heritage long after the pandemic has been brought under control
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 29 Jun 2021 |
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Belgium will work with the Democratic Republic of Congo to return items looted during the colonial era in the first half of the last century
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 22 Jun 2021 |
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Historic England’s virtual dive trail tells the story of Stirling Castle, a 70-gun warship that was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 16 Jun 2021 |
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A statue famously felled during the Black Lives Matter protests, is now on display in a Bristol museum
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 14 Jun 2021 |
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Tower Bridge is set to welcome man’s best friend for a very special dog-friendly ‘VIPooch’ event
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jun 2021 |
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Emergency restoration work was carried out on the Megalosaurus after its jaw collapsed last year
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 08 Jun 2021 |
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Kazakhstan has welcomed the country’s first flying theatre ride with Brogent Technologies behind the landmark new attraction
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 04 Jun 2021 |
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The gold rosary beads were snatched alongside several coronation cups that Mary gifted to the Earl Marshal
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 27 May 2021 |
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Where exactly is the line when it comes to improving the visitor experience and interfering with historic sites?
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 25 May 2021 |
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The Dundee Cultural Recovery Fund will support cultural institutions through financial difficulties and bring tourists back to the area
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 04 May 2021 |
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The 18-pounder Losoya House exhibit features a full-size replica of a cannon used during the Battle of the Alamo in 1836
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 30 Apr 2021 |
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Lithuania’s government is backing plans to transform its famous Lukiškės Prison complex into a multifunctional hub featuring museums, restaurants, hotels and other commercial and cultural spaces
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 19 Apr 2021 |
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Take a tour of Queen Elizabeth II’s back garden, with visitors allowed to explore the exteriors of Buckingham Palace unguided for the first time ever
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 08 Apr 2021 |
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Egypt has celebrated the long-awaited opening of its National Museum of Egyptian Civilization with a procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies through Cairo
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 07 Apr 2021 |
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Cruise ships are no longer welcome in Venice following a ruling by the Italian government
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Apr 2021 |
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The historic Chichén Itzá Maya has been closed to the public while Mexican authorities battle an influx of non mask-wearing tourists
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 31 Mar 2021 |
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Unesco has revealed the extent of the effects of Covid 19, with only half of the world’s heritage sites fully open to the public
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 29 Mar 2021 |
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The bid was backed by actors Sir Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 27 Mar 2021 |
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The historic theatre in London will reopen with a series of Shakespeare classics starting in May
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 24 Mar 2021 |
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‘Songs of England’ explores traditional folk music associated with different heritage sites throughout England
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 02 Mar 2021 |
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Coral bleaching caused by climate change is turning the famous wonder white
Alex Chapman | Planet Attractions | 01 Mar 2021 |
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The 100-year-old key was posted to English Heritage customer services with a note apologising for the 48-year delay
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 15 Feb 2021 |
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One of India’s highest security prisons has opened to the public, with educational tours taking visitors inside the place where Mahatma Gandhi was held prisoner for several years
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 11 Feb 2021 |
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There are parts of Chernobyl so dangerous you could die in minutes just standing there but that’s not stopping tourists who are visiting the exclusion zone in record numbers
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 28 Jan 2021 |
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The renovation is the most significant in the gallery’s 89-year history
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 18 Jan 2021 |
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‘Sparking visitors with hope, light and connectivity’, Bruge’s WinterGlow returned in December for a series of installations across the historic city
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jan 2021 |
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The second round of NLHF’s Culture Recovery Fund makes £36m available for sites across Britain
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 08 Jan 2021 |
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Grupo Xcaret says its new landmark attractions will now open at the end of the year - 12 months later than originally planned
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Jan 2021 |
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Recognising the world’s most astonishing attractions, Planet Attractions names 2021’s Wonder Award winners
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Jan 2021 |
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ELLO, ELLO, ELLO! The former police station will welcome visitors as soon as COVID restrictions allow
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 23 Dec 2020 |
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Europa Nostra has announced which of Europe's heritage sites are most at risk
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 15 Dec 2020 |
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German forces likely threw the device into the water to avoid it falling into Allied hands
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 13 Dec 2020 |
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Our World Heritage is calling on the general public to save world heritage sites
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Dec 2020 |
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A new set of Accords aim to protect Infinity and Beyond for future generations
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 08 Dec 2020 |
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The trailer showcases the latest spectacles coming to Puy du Fou for its next season of shows
Adam Laver | Planet Attractions | 06 Dec 2020 |
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Actors call on a ‘fellowship’ of fans to help raise £4.5m to fund the house’s purchase and start a programme of events.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Dec 2020 |
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See Walt Disney’s office exactly as it was, “down to the last paperclip” and learn a little bit about the man behind The Walt Disney Company’s media and theme park empire.
Kier Lymn | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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Lego has turned Rome’s historic colosseum into a 9,036-piece construction, which is now available to buy
Hannah Reeder | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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Viewers from all around the world will be able to marvel at the annual Stonehenge winter solstice
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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The Australian Museum was closed for 15 months while works took place
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 03 Dec 2020 |
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The museum is on track for its mid-2022 opening
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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