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British Museum Reading Room
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Museum_Reading_Room
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:library
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Sydney_Smirke
gptkbp:capacity
over 400 readers
gptkbp:ceilingMaterial
papier-mâché
gptkbp:closed
1997
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:diameter
42.6 metres
gptkbp:function
gptkb:library
gptkbp:heritageStatus
Grade I listed building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Museum Reading Room
gptkbp:inspiredBy
design of Library of Congress Reading Room
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:London
gptkbp:location
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:notableUser
gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Lenin
gptkbp:numberOfFloors
iron
gptkbp:opened
1857
gptkbp:openToPublic
restricted since 1997
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:British_Library_(until_1997)
gptkbp:reopenedAsExhibitionSpace
2000
gptkbp:roofType
gptkb:building
gptkbp:style
Neoclassical architecture
gptkbp:surroundedBy
gptkb:British_Museum's_Great_Court
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Sidney_Smirke
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7