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Marcon secures fit-out of new visitor centre at Pearse’s Cottage, Connemara
The famous cottage was used by Patrick Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, as a summer residence and summer school for his pupils from St Enda’s in Dublin and the new visitor centre will house exhibitions, meeting… Read more
Mather & Co complete new National Horse Racing Museum at Newmarket
The National Horseracing Museum makes up one third of the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art at Palace House Newmarket. The new National Heritage Centre is situated in the Grade II listed Palace of Charles II and adjacent… Read more
New HLF report reveals overseas visitors to UK’s heritage attractions are driving country’s tourism economy
The report, The Impact of heritage tourism for the UK economy 2016, shows that Overseas visitor spend on heritage trips totalled £7.4 bn in 2015 – 42 per cent of the total £17.5 bn spend made by visitors… Read more
Eric, Britain’s first robot unveiled at Science Museum through Kickstarter campaign
Built less than a decade after the word robot was first used, Eric was everything we now imagine a robot to be – a talking, moving mechanical person, says curator Ben Russell, and amazed crowds across the UK, Europe and… Read more
Marcon Fit-Out completes the last chapter at Seamus Heaney HomePlace
The new visitor centre showcases the life and work of the late poet Seamus Heaney bringing together an interactive exhibition using the latest audio visual technology, a 160-seater theatre and performance space, learning zones for children and adults as well… Read more