Alien life tour bound for Brum.BIRMINGHAM Birmingham, cities, United StatesBirmingham (bûr`mĭnghăm') 1 City (1990 pop. 265,968), seat of Jefferson co., N central Ala., in the Jones Valley near the southern end of the Appalachian system; founded and inc. looks set for a close encounter of the third kind this year. The city is likely to become the only UK venue outside London to host a major exhibition about alien life forms before it heads off on an international tour. The Science of Aliens, which will arrive at Millennium Point's Thinktank at Easter, is billed as the "biggest and most in-depth exhibition to examine the possibility of life on other worlds". Millennium Point Millennium Point is a complex in Birmingham, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. It is a Millennium Commission project. Designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, construction is estimated to have cost £114 million. refused to confirm the smash-hit show is destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for Birmingham while final negotiations take place. But Juliet Rees, head of publicity for The Science of Aliens, said: "Birmingham will be the first stop on its world tour. It is a major coup for Birmingham because the city is getting it before it goes to Paris and then around the world." CAPTION(S): CLOSE ENCOUNTER... a visitor comes face to face with a sea spider at The Science of Aliens in London. |
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