•Following a restoration, early Renaissance artist Piero Della Francesca’sTheNativityhas gone on display in The National Gallery in time for Christmas.The painting, created circa 1470, had been in the possession of Piero’s family until it came to London in the 1860s. Then in a poor cond...
The World’s Largest LibrariesBritish Library(United Kingdom,London)The British Library was created by Act of Parliament in 1972;previously,the library had been part of the British Museum,where the famous circular reading room had accommodated researchers including Karl Marx,who worked on‘Das Kapita...
British Library(United Kingdom,London) The British Library was created by Act of Parliament in 1972;previously,the library had been part of the British Museum,where the famous circular reading room had accommodated researchers...
THE thirty-second annual report of the executive committee of the National Central Library, covering the year ending February 29, 1948, again refers to a considerable increase in the services of the Library to all the categories of libraries with which it is in co-operation. Issues from or ...
the national library of Britain and the most important of thecopyright libraries. It used to be part of theBritish Museumbut in the 1990s a new library was built nearSt Pancrasstation in London. It is built in the shape of a ship. Although it is much larger than the old library, it...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishˌBritish ˈLibrary, thethenationallibraryof the UK, with centres inLondonand in Yorkshire, whichreceivesacopyof every book produced in the UK. Its large new building in London was eventuallycompletedin 1996, after manydelaysandargumentsabout itsdesign...
London also has numerous commercial art galleries and plays a major role in the international art market. The British Library, one of the world's great reference resources, is located in London. The city is rich in other artistic and cultural activities. Its many theater companies reflect the ...
(Placename) a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British LibraryCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006...
London has about 80 theaters (1973), which are leased by various companies. The principal companies are the National Theatre (leasing the Old Vic), a branch of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Aldwych Theatre), English Stage Company (Royal Court Theatre), and the Mermaid Theatre. Theaters of op...