British Museum Reading Room

former main reading room of the British Library
Place architectural_structure Q2152532
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Summary

British Museum Reading Room is an architectural structure[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of architectural_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Museum Reading Room is located in Bloomsbury[3].
  • British Museum Reading Room is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • British Museum Reading Room's instance of is recorded as architectural structure[5].
  • British Museum Reading Room's architect is recorded as Sydney Smirke[6].
  • The location of British Museum Reading Room was British Museum[7].
  • British Museum Reading Room is part of British Museum[8].
  • British Museum Reading Room's Commons category is recorded as British Museum Reading Room[9].
  • 1857 marks the founding of British Museum Reading Room[10].
  • British Museum Reading Room's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 51.519444444444, 'longitude': -0.12694444444444}[11].
  • British Museum Reading Room's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[12].

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Geography

British Museum Reading Room is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Bloomsbury[3]. It is part of British Museum[8].

Designation and Status

British Museum Reading Room's instance of is recorded as architectural structure[5].

History and Context

1857 marks the founding of British Museum Reading Room[10].

Why It Matters

British Museum Reading Room ranks in the top 6% of architectural_structure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Richard Nevell (WMUK) · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bloomsbury
    Inception → —
    Part of → British Museum
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: British Museum.FotoThalerTamas1.jpg"
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