Kirkwall
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 35 objects about the town of Kirkwall, on Orkney’s mainland and the islands’ largest town, which correspond to history, art and industry. About 15 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its category of Scottish government. It is represented through communion tokens representing the Church of Scotland and seals and weights and measures representing Kirkwall as a place of economic activity and administration of taxes, duties and political meetings. Literature is represented through a music score, and there are objects representing the town’s business community and topographic art. The collection dates from the 18th and 20th centuries.
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