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Barbican Centre

arts centre in the City of London
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Barbican Centre

Summary

Barbican Centre is a performing arts center[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of performing_arts_center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barbican Centre's field of work was performing arts[3].
  • Barbican Centre is located in City of London[4].
  • Barbican Centre is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Barbican Centre's image is recorded as Barbican-arts-centre-large.jpg[6].
  • Barbican Centre's instance of is recorded as performing arts center[7].
  • Barbican Centre's instance of is recorded as art museum[8].
  • Barbican Centre's instance of is recorded as theatre building[9].
  • Barbican Centre's instance of is recorded as concert hall[10].
  • Barbican Centre's architect is recorded as Chamberlin, Powell and Bon[11].
  • Barbican Centre's owned by is recorded as City of London Corporation[12].
  • Barbican Centre's movement is recorded as brutalist architecture[13].
  • Barbican Centre's architectural style is recorded as brutalist architecture[14].
  • Barbican Centre's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121731070[15].
  • Barbican Centre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 142614697[16].
  • Barbican Centre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82067190[17].
  • Barbican Centre's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500301681[18].
  • Barbican Centre's location is recorded as London[19].
  • Barbican Centre's designed by is recorded as Chamberlin, Powell and Bon[20].
  • Barbican Centre's part of is recorded as Barbican Estate[21].
  • Barbican Centre's Commons category is recorded as Barbican Arts Centre[22].
  • Barbican Centre's occupant is recorded as BBC Symphony Orchestra[23].
  • Barbican Centre's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[24].
  • +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Barbican Centre[25].
  • Barbican Centre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5202, 'lon': -0.095}[26].
  • Barbican Centre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m6q6[27].

Body

Founding

+1982-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Barbican Centre[25].

Identity

Barbican Centre's part of is recorded as Barbican Estate[21].

Industry

Barbican Centre's field of work was performing arts[3].

Ownership

Barbican Centre's owned by is recorded as City of London Corporation[12].

Why It Matters

Barbican Centre ranks in the top 2% of performing_arts_center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

art museum Guildhall School of Music and Drama London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.5202, 'lon': -0.095}
    Designed by → Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
    Located in → —
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "BarbicanCentre::n48vn"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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