Kent History and Library Centre

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Kent History and Library Centre
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LocationMaidstone Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates51°16′49″N 0°31′02″E / 51.2804°N 0.5173°E / 51.2804; 0.5173Coordinates: 51°16′49″N 0°31′02″E / 51.2804°N 0.5173°E / 51.2804; 0.5173
Typepublic library Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorKent County Council Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries
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The Kent History and Library Centre is a purpose-built headquarters in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, that opened on 23 April 2012.[1] It has been designed to incorporate under one roof the former Centre for Kentish Studies (the combined county record office and local studies library) and the town's former Central Library.[1][2]

Sculpture[]

In August 2013 a sculpture by Antony Gormley entitled "Two Stones" was installed adjacent to the building.[3] The sculpture had originally been commissioned by Kent County Council in the 1970s from Gormley, then a newly graduated art student of the Maidstone College of Art, for a new development in Ashford but had been removed following vandalism.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Kent library and history centre opens in Maidstone". bbc.co.uk. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. ^ "Kent History and Library Centre opens this Monday". Kent.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ^ a b "Antony Gormley's Two Stones boulder sculpture moves from Ashford to Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone". Kentonline.co.uk. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

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