Kilmarnock
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 554 objects about the town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland which correspond to art, decorative art, industry, transport and legacies of slavery and empire. About 55 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its categories of Scottish government and literature. Scottish government is represented through approximately 42 objects of which the collection for Kilmarnock’s churches is the largest. Also represented are the monarchy and the British Parliament. There are also 14 topographic art objects representing Kilmarnock, its people and its surrounding area. The town’s economy is represented by 65 objects representing Kilmarnock’ss businesses and industries mostly recorded as transport technology and industry collections. Scottish literature in Kilmarnock has approximately 11 objects representing poetry, theatre, press coverage, music and publications. The collection dates mostly from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.
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