Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10am-3pm OpeningDate1 16/9/2017 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 15961 Refreshments No Street The street address North St Postcode G3 7DL 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 Display: Items from the 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 2497 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource <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><br /><br /><span>Don't miss this rare chance to see some items from our world-renowned Robert Burns Collection. Highlights will include our copy of Auld Lang Syne (only one of six extant copies) and the only surviving letter written by Burns in Scots plus a few other surprises.</span><br /><br /><br /></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877