British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. Th... More

Opened:

  • Jun 1998

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Also known as:

  • British Library Document Supply Centre,
  • British Library Lending Division,
  • British Library, London

Architecture

Architect

Colin St John Wilson

Sir Colin Alexander St John ("Sandy") Wilson, FRIBA, RA, (14 March 1922 – 14 May 2007) was a British architect, lecturer and author. He spent over 30 years progressing the project to build a new British Library in London, originally planned to be built in Bloomsbury and now completed near Kings...

Address

British Library Address

96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
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British Library Street address

96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB

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  • 51.5294
  • -0.1269
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