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Reading Room, British Museum Reading Room, British Museum
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Reading Room, British Museum

Reading Room, British Museum
Since its completion in 1857, the massive, domed Reading Room of the British Museum has become one of the best-known public interiors of the world. It served as the main Reading Room of the British Library until the library moved to its new location at Saint Pancras in 1998.
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