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Great Russell Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London, best known for being the location of the British Museum. It runs between Tottenham Court Road (part of the A400 route ) in the west, and Southampton Row (part of the A4200 route) in the east.
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886), illustrator, lived at 46 Great Russell Street. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698–1755), sold the Old Devonshire House at 48 Boswell Street. Charles Darwin (1809–1882), lived at 12 Upper Gower Street in 1839.
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Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England: Collection size: Approx. 8 million objects: Visitors: 5,820,860 (2023) (up 42% from 2022) Ranked first nationally; Chair: George Osborne: Director: Sir Mark Jones: Public transit access: Tottenham Court Road Goodge Street; Holborn; Russell Square: Website: britishmuseum.org: Area: 807,000 sq ft ...
Jun 23, 2017 · Great Russell Street, Russell Square and Bedford Square, all near the Museum, are named after these families. On 19 June 1675, William and Rachel Russell sold this part of their estate, known as Babers Field, to Ralph Montagu (to whom Rachel was related through his marriage to her half-sister) and this was where he subsequently chose to build ...
May 19, 2024 · Great Russell Street had, however, already been formed, and houses were in existence on the south side. Nos. 100 to 102 formed originally one house, which in 1785–6 was in the occupation of John Sheldon.
With the aim of restoring the room to its original 1820s design, work began in 2000 and was completed in 2003, in time to celebrate the Museum's 250th anniversary. Repairs were carried out to the oak and mahogany floor and the balcony around the room was re-gilded. Hundreds of square metres of ornate plasterwork were cleaned, restoring the ...
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