• The British Museum Reading Room, situated in the centre of the Great Court of the British Museum, used to be the main reading room of the British Library.
  • In recent years, the British Museum Reading Room has still played a central role in the British Museum’s operations.
  • The history of the Reading Room of the British Museum. It is currently being used as a major temporary exhibition space.
  • “After extensive renovations and the repair of bomb damage incurred during World War II, the famous Reading Room of the British Museum, London...
  • +44 20 7323 8299 , +44 20 7323 8181. information@britishmuseum.org. ... Get Directions - British Museum Reading Room. ×. Drive.
  • That was how I felt when I walked into the Reading Room at the British Museum a few years ago (below, drawn from a blog post I posted at the time)…
  • The British Museum Reading Room by Louis MacNeice, 1939: Under the hive-like dome the stooping haunted readers Go up and down the alleys...
  • The British Museum Reading Room, situated in the centre of the Great Court of the British Museum, used to be the main reading room of the British Library.