Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 2pm-2.45pm OpeningDate1 16/9/2017 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 15960 Refreshments No Street The street address North Street Postcode G3 7DN Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Talk: Discover our Robert Burns Collection - Mitchell Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived glasgow Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2496 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86506,-4.272175; Description An account of the resource <p><span>Join us for a fascinating talk about our about our world-renowned Robert Burns Collection by one of the Special Collections librarians.</span></p> <p><span>When the library opened in 1877, one of the earliest decisions taken by the library committee was to form a Robert Burns Collection in memorial to the national bard. Over the years it has grown to over 5000 items and is believed to be the largest in the world. The collection includes rare and unique items including 15 original manuscripts of letters and poems, two copies of the Kilmarnock edition, translations, ephemera and artefacts.</span></p> <p><br /><strong>Book by phone: 0141 287 2999 or in person at The Mitchell Library (Granville St reception).</strong></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877