Rose Main Reading Room

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interior space reading room tourist attraction

The Rose Main Reading Room is the grand, Beaux-Arts centerpiece of the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, renowned for its vast open space, ornate ceilings, and role as an iconic public study hall in Manhattan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rose Main Reading Room canonical 3
Main Reading Room 1
New York Public Library Main Reading Room (interior design) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interior space ⓘ
reading room ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
appearsIn films set in New York City ⓘ
television shows set in New York City ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
function public reading room ⓘ
research space ⓘ
study space ⓘ
hasFeature book delivery system from library stacks ⓘ
chandeliers ⓘ
coffered ceiling ⓘ
reference desks ⓘ
wood paneling ⓘ
hasLighting artificial light from chandeliers and lamps ⓘ
natural light from large windows ⓘ
hasSeatingType long communal tables ⓘ
heritageStatus iconic interior of New York City ⓘ
inauguratedWith main building of the New York Public Library ⓘ
knownFor brass reading lamps ⓘ
ceiling murals depicting skies and clouds ⓘ
iconic public study hall ⓘ
large arched windows ⓘ
long oak tables ⓘ
ornate ceilings ⓘ
vast open space ⓘ
locatedBetween 40th Street and 42nd Street ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York Public Library ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn Fifth Avenue ⓘ
namedAfter Rose family ⓘ
opened 1911 ⓘ
operator New York Public Library ⓘ
partOf New York Public Library ⓘ
surface form: New York Public Library Main Branch

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
publicAccess open to the public ⓘ
requires quiet behavior ⓘ
streetAddress 476 Fifth Avenue ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor academic research ⓘ
individual study ⓘ
public programs on occasion ⓘ
quiet reading ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Public Library → hasReadingRooms → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson Building → contains → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Reading Room
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building → hasPart → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ
Carrère and Hastings → notableWork → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Public Library Main Reading Room (interior design)
Astor Hall → connectsTo → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rose Main Reading Room (via upper levels and corridors)
McGraw Rotunda → isAccessPointTo → Rose Main Reading Room ⓘ