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