Ayr
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 2200 objects about the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland which correspond to art, decorative art, industry, transport and legacies of slavery and empire. About 185 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its categories of Scottish government, economy, rural life and literature. Scottish government is represented through approximately 82 objects of which the collection for Ayr’s churches is the largest. Also represented are the monarchy and nobility, the British and Scottish Parliaments, local government and radical politics. There are also 80 topographic art objects representing Ayr and its surrounding area. The town’s economy is represented by 2 coins and tokens and another 2 weights and measures. There are 66 objects representing Ayr’s businesses and industries mostly recorded as transport technology and industry collections but some also as textile and costume. Scottish rural life in and around Ayr has approximately 55 objects representing farming, fishing and domestic life and Scottish literature and music in Ayr are represented by 49 objects for poetry ( with 15 objects depicting or celebrating places associated with Robert Burns) theatre, press coverage, music and publications. The collection dates mostly from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.
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