Kent History And Library Centre
The Kent History and Library Centre is a purpose-built headquarters in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, that opened on 23 April 2012. 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.
Sculpture
In August 2013 a sculpture by Antony Gormley entitled "Two Stones" was installed adjacent to the building. 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.
References
- ^ "Kent library and history centre opens in Maidstone". bbc.co.uk. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Kent History and Library Centre opens this Monday". Kent.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "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.
