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Also Known As	BL
Date	July 1, 1973 - present
Related People	Richard Garnett

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Entrance to the British Library in London, featuring a large brick archway with the name The British Library engraved above the doorway. People are walking near the entrance.

British Museum: Reading Room

Interior of the British Museum library in London, showing tall, curved bookshelves filled with books beneath a domed ceiling with large windows and visitors at reading tables.

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