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The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia Castille in Madrid, with the timing designed to coincide with ... More

EuropeActive is launching a new event dedicated to promoting health-enhancing physical activity and its impact on communities and individuals. The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS) ... More

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, UK has reopened following a £68.25m refurbishment which took five years to complete. Exhibiting objects from Europe and Asia, the ... More

Smithsonian Open Access, an initiative to provide copyright-free access to millions of digital collection images and data, has been launched, with anyone now able to ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

Cultural heritage has become the latest focus for Microsoft in its AI for Good portfolio – a five-year commitment to using artificial intelligence to tackle ... More

Sir Michael Dixon, director of the Natural History Museum in London, is bringing his 15-year tenure to an end, after announcing that he will retire ... More

The ukactive Research Institute has announced plans to make all academic research it conducts available as 'pre-print articles' to stakeholders in the physical activity sector. ... More

Carlo Ratti Associati and Bio-architecture Formosana (BAF) Architects have been selected to design the newest addition to the Taiwan National Library and Repository. The firms ... More

Britain’s exit from the EU poses a major threat to the future of museum collections, according to the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum ... More

A shortlist of three architecture firms are in the running to design a major international cultural centre in Kaunas, Lithuania, having reached the final in ... More

London practice Serie Architects have revealed new images of their design for the Jameel Arts Centre (JAC) in Dubai and confirmed the facility will open ... More

Mobile AR, New Media Education and the “Matthew Effect” have all been highlighted as potential trends affecting scientific institutions across the world, according to the ... More

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has adopted a new digital policy – making all images of public-domain artworks in the New York institution’s collection available ... More

Some of the heritage sector’s top names have gathered in Berlin for preservation specialists CyArk's annual summit. The two-day event kicks off today (20 October) ... More

The University of Leicester in the UK has unveiled what will be the world’s first Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) related to museum studies. Working ... More

Details have emerged suggesting that Adidas is closing in on the launch of a new wearable fitness product, as the sportswear giant seeks to boost ... More

Celebrity fitness advisor and sports and exercise science expert Professor Greg Whyte is to become the first chair of the ukactive Research Institute’s Scientific Advisory ... More

A £45m leisure-based regeneration scheme in Torbay is gaining momentum, with local council and the Torbay Development Agency naming Moirai Capital Investments (MCI) as preferred ... More

There has been a four-fold increase in the number of children admitted to hospital for problems related to obesity in England and Wales between 2000 ... More

Langport has welcomed the official opening of a new £130,000 mixed-use games area (MUGA) - the largest in South Somerset. The MUGA includes floodlit facilities ... More

A new Wellness & Spa Water Park has launched at Park Hotel Ai Cappuccini in Gubbio, Italy. Designed by Italian architect Simone Micheli, Cappuccini Wellness ... More

TAG, the youth employment charity working within the fitness and active leisure industries, has launched TAG University, an online resource designed to help exercise professionals ... More