Central Reference Library

Category

Library Item

Item no

36159

Title

Central Reference Library

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1930

Size

29.8 x 22.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Reference Library's dome is one of the finest of its type in Scotland and the room remains almost as it was originally intended with built-in catalogue on the east wall and galleries above the book bays. It has windown on 4 sides, designed to make the best use of natural light.

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Sport and leisure > Culture > Libraries

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