Great Russell Street Collection

British Museum, 1850-1900. Creator: Unknown
British Museum, 1850-1900. [Courtyard of the Museum, built in a Classical style to the designs of Sir Robert Smirke to house the growing national collection. It opened to the public in 1857

Facade of the new British Museum, 1845. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Facade of the new British Museum, 1845. The newly extended building in Bloomsbury, London. The design of the New British Museum...has certainly not been spared by the architectural critic of

Present state of the British Museum, 1845. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Present state of the British Museum, 1845. Entrance gate of the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. The New Museum will occupy a site further north than its predecessor;

The British Museum, c1900s. Creator: Eyre & Spottiswoode
The British Museum, c1900s. The British Museum in London was built in 1823-1852 in a Classical style to designs by Sir Robert Smirke, to house the growing national collection

British Museum, Holborn, London, 1934. Artist: William Monk
British Museum, Holborn, London, 1934. Calendarium Londinense, or the London Almanack for 1935, surmounted by a view of the British Museum, Holborn

John Philip Kembles residence in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, c1820

British Museum, entrance gate, 1848. Artist: James Findlay
British Museum, entrance gate, 1848, (last fragments of old Montague House, the original home of the British Museum). Montague House was demolished in the 1840s; the Central Hall of the new building

Montague House wall, British Museum, London, 1852. Artist: James Findlay
Part of the wall of Montague House, London, 1852. Montague House, the original home of the British Museum, had been demolished in the 1840s. Also depicts guards standing at their sentry-boxes

British Museum, London, c1845. Artist: Frank Trulock
British Museum, previous to the demolition of the old front in Great Russell Street, London, c1845

British Museum, Holborn, London, 1852. Artist: William Simpson
British Museum, Holborn, Camden, London, 1852; a view from Great Russell Street with figures and carriages

YWCA Building, Bloomsbury, London, 1932. Designed by Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944). From The Studio Volume 104. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

Exterior of the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, 1887. The British Museum was built in 1823-1852 in a Classical style to designs by Sir Robert Smirke to house the growing national

British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, 19th century

Courtyard of Montagu House, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, 1830 (1878). Montagu House was a grand 17th century private house, which became the first home of the British Museum

Front of Montagu House, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, 1830 (1878). Montagu House was a grand 17th century private house, which became the first home of the British Museum

Montagu House, Bloomsbury, 18th century, (1908). The house was purchased in 1754 as the first home of the British Museum and in 1757 the gardens were opened to the public

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