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]
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
^ ab"Kent library and history centre opens in Maidstone". bbc.co.uk. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^. Kent.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^ ab"Antony Gormley's Two Stones boulder sculpture moves from Ashford to Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone". Kentonline.co.uk. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
External links
Official website
Kent Archives and Local History web page
January 22, 2023
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