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- In 2023, the Reading Room reopened to the public for guided tours. The tours, which are free, last approximately 20 minutes and must be booked in advance. Only one tour is conducted each week, at a specific time on a specific day; during the first wave of tours in March and April 2023, tours only ran on Tuesdays at 11:30 am.
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Jul 1, 2024 · The British Museum reopened its Reading Room for general visitors on 1 July following the introduction of ticketed tours last year. British Museum chair George Osborne made a commitment to reopen the Reading Room, which had been closed since 2013, in November 2022.
Sep 19, 2023 · This month marks ten years since the British Museum’s Round Reading Room was closed to visitors. One of the most awe-inspiring architectural spaces in the capital, it now remains a...
Jul 3, 2024 · The British Museum’s vast and imposing Round Reading Room has reopened this week to all visitors after being closed for the past 11 years. Designed by Sydney Smirke and opened in 1857, the ...
The Reading Room is now open. The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a world-famous centre of learning.
Jul 3, 2024 · The British Museum’s domed reading room will be open for guided tours from 23 July, and has opened to the general public.
Jul 1, 2024 · Sitting in the centre of the British Museum is a huge Round Reading Room with a famously massive dome, and although long closed to the public, it will soon be open for guided tours.
Aug 18, 2024 · The British Museum’s Reading Room — where Sylvia Pankhurst and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once worked — has reopened at last. Richard MacKichan celebrates. Opened by the late Queen in 2000, the Great Court of the British Museum quickly became an icon of the capital’s cultural landscape.