British Museum

Interior: Reading Room

Creator

English
architect
1780-1867
English
architect
1798-1877
Date

1823-1852, 1854-1857

Location

Geographic Coordinates
51.518771, -0.126225

Work Type

Notes

The Reading Room was designed by Sydney Smirke, younger brother of the museum’s architect Robert Smirke, in 1854, and completed in 1857.

Style/Period

Culture

Photographer
Image Date
2005