Filming location: The Arched Room
Contact us
Phone: +44 (0)20 7323 8016
All filming projects are subject to approval and availability – please e-mail [email protected] for further information.
The Arched Room was built between 1837 and 1839. It formed the ground floor of the northwest extension to the Museum building designed by Sir Robert Smirke.
The room was used for book storage until the British Library moved to a new building in St Pancras in 1998.
The Arched Room is now used by the Department of the Middle East as a students' room, departmental library and archive. It also stores the reserve collection of cuneiform tablets.
Size
269.8m²
Filming hours
After 16.00, Mondays – Fridays
Lighting restrictions
Only cold-lamp/low-level lighting is permitted
