Kent History and Library Centre

The Kent History and Library Centre is a purpose-built headquarters in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, that opened on April 23, 2012.[1] It has been designed to incorporate under one roof the former Centre for Kentish Studies and the town's former Central Library.[1][2]

In August 2013 a sculpture by Anthony 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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "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 2013-09-11.

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Coordinates: 51°16′49″N 0°31′02″E / 51.2804°N 0.5173°E / 51.2804; 0.5173

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