Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Urbis was an exhibition and museum in Manchester, England, designed by Ian Simpson. The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. Urbis was commissioned as a 'Museum of the City' but this failed and a switch was made to changing exhibits on popular-culture alongside talks, gigs and special events. Urbis still failed to attract sufficient footfall to justify its heavy subsidy and closed in in 2010."@en }
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- Urbis comment "Urbis was an exhibition and museum in Manchester, England, designed by Ian Simpson. The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. Urbis was commissioned as a 'Museum of the City' but this failed and a switch was made to changing exhibits on popular-culture alongside talks, gigs and special events. Urbis still failed to attract sufficient footfall to justify its heavy subsidy and closed in in 2010.".