Detail View: SHIMMER: British Museum
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Title:
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British Museum
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Caption:
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The Great Court
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Creation Date:
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2000
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Image Date:
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2000
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Period:
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19th century ; 21st century
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Location:
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London
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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FOSTER , SMIRKE
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Terms:
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Circular buildings
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Image ID:
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00-4370
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Description:
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The old Reading Room at the British Museum inside the Great Court at night. Norman Foster's glass roof encloses the previously exterior courtyard by Smirke. The museum shop is lit to the right of the picture. Google maps: < https://goo.gl/maps/O2Lxa > .
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Rights:
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© Dave Ball
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Image Storage Location:
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http://helios.shu.ac.uk/00-4370.tif
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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FOSTER, Norman
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1935
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Creator:
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SMIRKE, Sydney
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1798
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1877
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Neoclassicism (Architecture)
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Subject Heading:
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Art museums -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Art museums -- Design and construction
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Subject Heading:
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Art museum architecture
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Subject Heading:
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Glass construction
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Subject Heading:
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Culture and tourism
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- Great Britain
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Subject Heading:
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Tourism -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Museums -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Libraries
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Subject Heading:
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Round buildings
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