02 Sep 2010
Fundraising drive for Fairytale Farm plans
A number of car boot sales are to be held as part of a bid to raise funds for the development of Fairytale Farm, a new activity farm attraction designed for children with disabilities. more

02 Sep 2010
Wandsworth Museum to reopen
Wandsworth Museum is to reopen tomorrow (3 September) after being closed for three years. more

01 Sep 2010
Preston's PAD Gallery to shut
Preston’s Art and Design (PAD) Gallery is to close, Preston City Council has announced. more

01 Sep 2010
Punch and Judy archive acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum
Punch and Judy archive acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum more

01 Sep 2010
Jurassic Coast visitor centre plans submitted
Plans for a new £2.3m interpretation centre for the Jurassic Coast at Seaton, Devon, have been submitted to the local authority, despite the dissolution of the project's management board. more

01 Sep 2010
Cardiff Council appoints operator for ice rink
Cardiff Council has chosen Planet Ice to design, build and operate a new permanent ice arena at the International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay. more

01 Sep 2010
British Museum evacuated at weekend
Around 8,000 people were evacuated from the British Museum on Saturday after visitors and staff experienced itchy throats and stinging eyes. more

01 Sep 2010
King's Lynn Town House Museum to shut
The Town House Museum in King's Lynn, Norfolk, is to close, and a new gallery established in the Town Hall. more

01 Sep 2010
£26.5m Bristol M Shed completed
Construction of the £26.5m M Shed museum in Bristol has been completed. more

27 Aug 2010
AUS$7m gift for National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra, ACT, has been gifted AUS$7m (£4m) by Melbourne-based philanthropists Pauline and John Gandel. more

26 Aug 2010
Siemens to build £30m London attraction
Siemens, the international engineering and technology firm, is to build a £30m visitor attraction in London. more

26 Aug 2010
US$9m revamp for CMVA
The Children's Museum of Virginia (CMVA) in Portsmouth, US, is undergoing a US$9m (£5.7m) expansion project. more

26 Aug 2010
Museum of Somerset contractor appointed
Birmingham-based attraction fit-out specialists, The Hub, has been chosen as main contractor for a £7m redevelopment of the Museum of Somerset at Taunton Castle. more

25 Aug 2010
Freestyle Music Park: Board resigns after foreclosure
The future of Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, looks bleak as the majority of the board resigned following the park's foreclosure. more

25 Aug 2010
MCM moves to new US$16.5m home
The Madison Children's Museum (MCM) in Wisconsin, US, has opened its new US$16.5m site. more

25 Aug 2010
Da Vinci exhibit for SCI
The Science Centre of Iowa (SCI) in Des Moines, Iowa, US, is to host a new Da Vinci exhibition. more

25 Aug 2010
Work begins on Toronto learning centre
Work has begun on a new learning centre at the Art Gallery of Toronto (AGO) in Canada. more

25 Aug 2010
Designs unveiled for new Aspen Art Museum
Designs for a new Aspen Art Museum in Colorado have been unveiled. more

24 Aug 2010
US$36m Dali Museum nearing completion
The new US$36m Dali Museum being built in St Petersburg, Florida, US, is nearing completion; however, developers have run into a US$5m funding shortfall. more

23 Aug 2010
Merlin confirms Legoland hotel plans
Merlin Entertainments will open a themed hotel next to its Legoland theme park in Windsor, UK. more

23 Aug 2010
Irish cultural sites welcome more visitors
The number of visits to museums, galleries and libraries across Ireland has increased by an average of 9 per cent for the first half of 2010, according to new figures. more

20 Aug 2010
UK's museums generate £1bn a year
Britain's museums and galleries generated £1bn in revenue from overseas tourists during 2009, according to VisitBritain estimates. more

19 Aug 2010
Continuum extends lease on Edinburgh attraction
The Continuum Group has won an extension to its lease on the The Real Mary King's Close visitor attraction in Edinburgh, which will see the company operating it until at least 2028. more

18 Aug 2010
Welfare groups criticise zoo's elephant plans
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxhall, Bristol, has come under fire from a number of animal welfare charities over its plans to create one of the UK's largest elephant enclosures. more

18 Aug 2010
Expansion for Pittsburgh Zoo
A five-acre expansion has been proposed at Pittsburgh Zoo in Pennsylvania, US. more

18 Aug 2010
Architect chosen for postal museum project
The British Postal Museum and Archives (BPMA) has appointed Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) to lead the development of its new £19m home in Swindon. more

18 Aug 2010
Expo 2010 sites to get new lease of life
Some of public facilities currently on show at the Expo 2010 site in Shanghai will be moved to other prominent places in the city after the six-month event ends in October. more

18 Aug 2010
New visitor attraction for Louisiana State Capitol
A new visitor attraction has opened to the public at the historic Louisiana State Capitol in the US. more

17 Aug 2010
Maze opens at Drusillas
A new interactive maze attraction has opened at Drusillas Park in East Sussex. more

16 Aug 2010
Museum of Islamic Art reopens in Cairo
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egypt, has been officially reopened following an eight-year, US$10m (£6.3m, 7.7m euro) restoration project. more

16 Aug 2010
Gibraltar Time Tunnel opens
The Gibraltar Time Tunnel, one of the only purpose-built holographic theatres in the world, has opened as a tourist attraction in the British overseas territory. more

16 Aug 2010
Harrison 'Buzz' Price dies
Harrison "Buzz" Price, one of the great pioneers of the visitor attractions industry, passed away last night (15 August) at the age of 89. more

15 Aug 2010
Reid-Anderson to take helm at Six Flags
James Reid-Anderson, who turned around the fortunes of medical supplies giant Dade Behring Holdings, has been named the new chair, president and CEO of theme park operator Six Flags. more

13 Aug 2010
Great Wolf to open California resort
Waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts has secured a license and management agreement to open and operate a park in Garden Grove, California US. more

13 Aug 2010
9/11 Museum to open in 2012
The museum commemorating the victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York is set to open to the public in 2012. more

12 Aug 2010
Work to begin on Peter Pan theme park
Work on a Peter Pan-themed park in Kirriemuir in Angus, Scotland is to begin. more

11 Aug 2010
Edward M. Kennedy Institute planned for Boston
Senator Ted Kennedy - the youngest brother of JFK - who died last August, is to have an Institute for the Senate built in his name, next to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum on the University of Massachusetts at Boston campus. more

11 Aug 2010
Textile museum planned for Mumbai
A museum dedicated to the history of Mumbai's textile mills is to be built in India. more

11 Aug 2010
New rides for Turkish waterpark
The Aquafantasy Waterpark in Izmir, Turkey has invested in two new slides. more

11 Aug 2010
Disney profits up despite mixed park results
Disney Parks and Resorts has reported a 3 per cent increase in revenues for the three months to 3 July. more