Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fifth Avenue Renovation Plans

February 8, 2012 – 8:17 am |

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled plans for a comprehensive redesign of the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. Rendering showing bird’s-eye view of proposed Fifth Avenue plaza redesign (image: OLIN) The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains—to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built in the 1970s along with the existing plaza. The fountains will be ... Read More

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Yorkshire Air Museum Exhibition Celebrates Aviation Pioneers

March 31, 2010 – 6:38 pmNo Comment

A new exhibition, Pioneers Of Aviation at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, celebrates some of the leading figures in aeronautical history. it includes images, models and displays featuring the history of famous names such as Sir George Cayley and Sir Barnes Wallis.

The Yorkshire Air Museum will soon be the only one in the world to display a live example of the Nimrod military reconnaissance aircraft. Nimrod MR2, XV250 will be flown from RAF Kinloss into Elvington on Tuesday April 13th where it will be maintained in full ground operational capacity as a ‘live’ aircraft.

Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington, York, YO41 4AU
Phone: (44) (0) 1904 608718
Fax: (44) (0) 1904 608246

www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk

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