Kent History and Library Centre explained

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.[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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kent library and history centre opens in Maidstone . bbc.co.uk . 2012-04-23 . 2012-04-23.
  2. Web site: Kent History and Library Centre opens this Monday . Kent.gov.uk . 2012-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425114451/http://www.kent.gov.uk/news_and_events/news_archive/2012/april/history_and_library_centre.aspx . 2012-04-25 .
  3. Web site: Antony Gormley's Two Stones boulder sculpture moves from Ashford to Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone . Kentonline.co.uk . 2013-08-29 . 2021-07-07.