Arched Room
The Arched Room was built between 1837 and 1839. It formed the
ground floor of the northwest extension to the Museum building
designed by Sir Robert Smirke. The room was used for book storage
until the British Library moved to a new building in St Pancras in
1998.
The Arched Room is now used by the Department of the Middle East
as a Students' room, departmental library and archive. It also
stores the reserve collection of cuneiform tablets.
Information about this space
- Size: 269.8 square metres
- Filming hours: after 16.00 Monday to Friday
- Lighting restrictions: Only cold-lamp/ low-level lighting
permitted