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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Dumbarton
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>While the library has some interesting architectural features, it is for what else is available that it is included in this Doors Open Day event. These include:</p><p>Local history materials, family history resources and archives covering the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven areas.<br /> Local history resources including some publications for sale<br /> An exhibition on "From Living Memory to Memorial: Dumbarton’s WWI Stories".</p><p> </p>
OpeningTime1
10:00-16:00
OpeningDate1
1/9/2018
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
16589
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Strathleven Place
Postcode
G82 1BD
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dumbarton Library
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
westdunbartonshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3612
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>OPENING TIMES : The library opens Monday to Saturday.</p><p>Times available :<a href="https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/library-branches/dumbarton-library/"> https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/library-branches/dumbarton-library/</a></p><p>While the library naturally has a great book collection and has some interesting architectural features, it is for what else is available that it is included in this Doors Open Day event. These include:</p><ul><li>Local history materials, family history resources and archives covering the Dumbarton and Vale of Leven areas</li><li>Local history resources including some publications for sale</li><li>An exhibition on "From Living Memory to Memorial: Dumbarton’s WWI Stories".</li></ul><p>The exhibition : <strong>FROM LIVING MEMORY TO MEMORIAL : DUMBARTON'S WWI STORIES"</strong> runs until November 2018. It brings together photographs and family stories outlining the hardships, emotions and resilience of local people during the four years of war. It also explains what life was like on the front line as many men from the area made the ultimate sacrifice in the "war to end all wars".</p><p><img style="width: 600px; height: 336.92307692307696px;" src="/media/4217/lib_wwi_8067378.jpg?width=600&height=336.92307692307696" alt="" rel="16616" data-id="16616" /></p>