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£5m Burns Monument Centre unveiled
The new £5m Burns Monument Centre in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, which is Scotland's first purpose-built ancestral history facility, has been officially unveiled by First Minister Alex Salmond.
Situated in Kay Park, the new facility incorporates an archive centre, a registration service and a local and family history library, along with a Burns Collection featuring 1,500 volumes of poetry, songs and letters. It is anticipated that the Burns Monument Centre, which has been inspired by the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, will make it easier for local residents, as well as Scotland's 40 million displaced nationals, to research their family roots.
Salmond said: "2009 is a unique year for visitors to join in the celebration of Scotland's great contributions to the world and I am delighted to open the Burns Monument Centre during our Homecoming year. "Inspired by the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Homecoming extends an invitation to people around the world, with a family link or an affinity for Scotland to come home, reconnect and play a part in the dynamic, modern country we are building."
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