Building    From 1914 

King Edward the Seventh's Galleries

Categories: Museums / Libraries

Building

An extension to the British Museum by the architect Sir John James Burnett.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King Edward the Seventh's Galleries

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Edward VII Galleries, British Museum

So, all the sevens then. Eric Gill designed and carved this memorial.

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Humphrey Wanley

Humphrey Wanley

Librarian to the Earl of Oxford, and antiquary.

Person, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
British Museum

British Museum

Group, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
Tate Galleries

Tate Galleries

Four art galleries. The original was founded in Millbank in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. It was renamed in 1932 after Henry Tate who had laid the foundations for the collection. Ta...

Group, Art, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
British Library

British Library

16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening in 1998.  The Independent explains the delay: "The reason it has taken so long to build ... has relatively little to do w...

Building, Museums / Libraries

3 memorials
Dr Walther Model von Thunen

Dr Walther Model von Thunen

Pastor and philatelist. He had been a collector of stamps for most of his life, but his collections and library were lost when his house was looted by members of the occupying Russian army. His col...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Religion, Germany

1 memorial