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The Great Court at the British Museum, officially named the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, is a two-acre covered square at the center of the British Museum. Opened in December 2000 and designed by Foster and Partners, the space transformed the museum’s inner courtyard—formerly occupied by the British Library bookstacks—into the largest covered public square in Europe. Its signature feature is the sweeping glass and steel roof, engineered by Buro Happold and built by Waagner-Biro, composed of 3,312 uniquely shaped panes. The 19th-century domed Reading Room sits at its heart, encircled by circulation routes, galleries, and visitor facilities.
The British Museum Reading Room, located at the heart of the Great Court, was designed by Sydney Smirke and opened in 1857 to house the growing library of the British Museum. Constructed of cast iron, concrete, and a papier-mâché dome inspired by the Pantheon, the room’s circular design accommodated thousands of books and readers, with surrounding iron bookstacks and forty kilometers of shelving. It served as the principal reading room of the British Library until the collection relocated to St Pancras in 1997. After restoration, the Reading Room reopened in 2000 for general visitors, later hosting major exhibitions from 2007 to 2013 before closing for archival use until reopening in 2023.
The British Museum, located in Bloomsbury, London, was established in 1753 and opened in 1759 as the world’s first national public museum. Originally housed in Montagu House, it now occupies a grand neoclassical building designed by Sir Robert Smirke, constructed between 1823 and 1852 on the same site. The museum’s encyclopedic collection of over eight million objects spans over two million years of human history, with major highlights including the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, and the Sutton Hoo treasures--many of which remain the subject of ongoing repatriation discussions.
which he waited until it was almost time to go to start working on, then he put on "stairway to heaven" for some marathon pick & scan action.
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Madison Public Library's world language collection includes a variety of materials for kids, teens, and adults to check out. The collection contains materials in several languages including Spanish, Arabic, French, Japanese, and more. Recently, a quiet yet significant change aimed at streamlining the organization and accessibility of the children's and teens' world language book collections, particularly focusing on Spanish and bilingual (English/Spanish) materials, has occurred: relabeling and reorganizing. The change was done after library staff noticed inconsistencies in the organization of world language materials, making shelving and checking out books difficult.
The Great Court at the British Museum, officially named the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, is a two-acre covered square at the center of the British Museum. Opened in December 2000 and designed by Foster and Partners, the space transformed the museum’s inner courtyard—formerly occupied by the British Library bookstacks—into the largest covered public square in Europe. Its signature feature is the sweeping glass and steel roof, engineered by Buro Happold and built by Waagner-Biro, composed of 3,312 uniquely shaped panes. The 19th-century domed Reading Room sits at its heart, encircled by circulation routes, galleries, and visitor facilities.
The British Museum, located in Bloomsbury, London, was established in 1753 and opened in 1759 as the world’s first national public museum. Originally housed in Montagu House, it now occupies a grand neoclassical building designed by Sir Robert Smirke, constructed between 1823 and 1852 on the same site. The museum’s encyclopedic collection of over eight million objects spans over two million years of human history, with major highlights including the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, and the Sutton Hoo treasures--many of which remain the subject of ongoing repatriation discussions.
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To celebrate Newcastle Polytechnic becoming Northumbria University. Fred also taught sculpture here when the institution was still a polytechnic.
Unveiled in 1992, the same year that Newcastle Polytechnic became Northumbria University. It was unveiled by The Duchess of York. Watson taught fine art there at the time the sculpture is made out of granite.