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Bates Hall is the Library’s main reading room. The design is Beaux-Arts, with a barrel-vault, coffered ceiling, Roman thermal windows, domes at each end, and blind arches opposite the windows.
Sydney, Australia - October 01, 2017: State library of NSW with students and people studying and reading. The State Library of NSW is a large reference and research library open to the public. It is the oldest library in Australia.
New York Public Library, USA - September 18, 2023.  A panoramic interior of students reading and researching subjects in the historic Rose Main Reading Room at The New York Public Library in Midtown Manhattan
New York Public Library Reading Room inside of The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building,  also known as the 42nd Street Library, or just the New York Public Library. NYC, NY, USA April 10, 2014
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - May 18, 2022: People are learning, studying and reading books in Bates Hall at The Boston Public Library. The Boston Public Library contains approximately 24 million items, making it the third-largest public library in the United States behind the federal Library of Congress and the New York Public Library.
The rich interior of the elegant Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building reading room in Washington DC, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA - March 2, 2024: The Concord Free Public Library is a public library in the town of Concord, Massachusetts. The main building is located at 129 Main Street. It was founded by Concord native William Munroe, son of the famed pencil-maker. Building plans were commissioned by Boston firm Snell & Gregerson. The land was purchased in 1869, and construction began in 1872. The library was dedicated on October 1, 1873. In March 1885, the Concord Free Library was the first institution to ban Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Green lampshades were once thought to make artificial light easier on the eyes.  Although this has been disproved in modern times, the use of such lamps in the oldest public library in the United States is still aesthetically charming.
De oude publieke bibliotheek in boston Massachusetts met mensen aan het lezen en leren.
Sydney, Australia - October 01, 2017: State library of NSW with students and people studying and reading. The State Library of NSW is a large reference and research library open to the public. It is the oldest library in Australia.
Bates Hall is the Library’s main reading room. The design is Beaux-Arts, with a barrel-vault, coffered ceiling, Roman thermal windows, domes at each end, and blind arches opposite the windows.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - July 27, 2015: Patrons at the Bate Hall reading room of the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street in Boston
Reina Sofía National Museum Art Center library Madrid, Spain. Aerial view through a window of young people studying in the library of the Reina Sofía Art Center Museum
Boston, MA, USA - October 31, 2010: view of the interior architecture of the Boston Public Library in Massachusetts, USA showcasing its study room with lots of locals and tourists using its facilities under the dome roof.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - November 20, 2023: Entrance of  the Boylston Street Building (aka Johnson Building) of the Boston Public Library in Boston. In 1972, the Boylston Street Building opened at the central Copley Square location, adjacent to the McKim building. The Boylston Street Building occupies ten levels; four levels of public services, a staff administration and procession floor, four levels of book stacks for the research collection, and one level shared by utilities, maintenance, and stacks. The addition was designed by American architect Philip Johnson. The Boston Public Library (BPL) municipal public library was the first publicly supported municipal library in U.S., first large library open to public in U.S..
Old library
Inside the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA
Edna Barnes Salomon Room inside of The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building,  also known as the 42nd Street Library, or just the New York Public Library. New York City, NY, USA April 10, 2014
Boston, USA - December 23, 2021: View of people studying at the Reading Room of McKim Building, at Boston Public Library.
The Boylston Street facade of the Boston Public Library’s McKim Building is featured here. John Hancock Tower rises behind the library, and just to the left of that, the old John Hancock Building.
Architecture at Rowes Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The St Louis Public Library’s Grand Hall
The Expansive Room of the Boston Public Library with all the tables, chairs and green table lamps.
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, commonly known as the Main Branch, 42nd Street Library or the New York Public Library, is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - January 12, 2024: The Boston Public Library McKim Building, established in 1848. Located in Boston's In Back Bay on Copley Square, view from the corner of Huntington Avenue and Dartmouth Street. The McKim Building houses the library's research collection, exhibition rooms, and administration offices. The Boston Public Library (BPL) municipal public library was the first publicly supported municipal library in U.S., the first large library open to public in the U.S. A McKim Mead & White, architect, design based on Renaissance style.
A picture of the main reading hall of the New York Public Library.
De oude publieke bibliotheek in boston Massachusetts met mensen aan het lezen en leren. De foto is genomen met een lange sluitertijd waardoor de lopende mensen vaag zijn geworden.
Shelves of books in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building
New York City, USA - July 6, 2024: Beautiful marble stairs that allow you access to the reading halls inside of  The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library, founded in 1895, is a public library system in New York City. This Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the fourth-largest public library in the world.
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