British Library
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The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multipl
The British Library from the piazza
The British Library branch at Boston Spa (on Thorp Arch Trading Estate), West Yorkshire
Entrance hall with tapestry
The British Library with St Pancras railway station behind it
British Museum
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The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million artefacts is the largest in the wo
British Library
…The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 after the passing of the British Library Act 1972. Before this, the national library was part of the British Museum, which provided the bulk of the holdings of the new library, alongside smaller organisations which were folded in (such as the National Central Library…
Aerial view of the British Museum in 2015
Sir Hans Sloane
Montagu House, c. 1715
Entrance ticket to the British Museum, London 3 March 1790