British Museum Reading Room
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The British Museum Reading Room is a historic domed library hall in London that long served as the main reading room of the British Museum and later the British Library.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reading Room of the British Museum | 2 |
| British Museum Library | 1 |
| British Museum Reading Room dome | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
library hall ⓘ reading room ⓘ |
| architect |
Anthony Panizzi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sydney Smirke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| category |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Domes in London ⓘ Libraries in London ⓘ |
| ceilingDecoration | painted panels ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1854 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| floorPlan | radial ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
main reading room of the British Library
ⓘ
main reading room of the British Museum ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueSystem | centralized catalogue ⓘ |
| hasDome | true ⓘ |
| hasSeatingCapacity | over 400 readers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building interior ⓘ |
| inception | 1857 ⓘ |
| influenced | design of later research libraries ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bloomsbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
glass ⓘ iron ⓘ |
| near | Great Court of the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central catalogue desk
ⓘ
large central dome ⓘ surrounding bookstacks ⓘ |
| notableUser |
George Bernard Shaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1857 ⓘ |
| operator | British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Library (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Museum complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Court redevelopment context ⓘ |
| publicAccess | restricted ⓘ |
| roofType | iron-framed dome ⓘ |
| shape | circular ⓘ |
| usedBy |
researchers
ⓘ
scholars ⓘ writers ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Museum Library
this entity surface form:
Reading Room of the British Museum
this entity surface form:
Reading Room of the British Museum
this entity surface form:
British Museum Reading Room dome