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1 giorno fa · In 1895, Parliament gave the museum trustees a loan of £200,000 to purchase from the Duke of Bedford all 69 houses which backed onto the museum building in the five surrounding streets – Great Russell Street, Montague Street, Montague Place, Bedford Square and Bloomsbury Street.
- 7 June 1753; 270 years ago
- Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom
2 giorni fa · The collections (which also included a significant number of manuscripts and other library materials) were housed in Montagu House, Great Russell Street, and were opened to the public in 1759. The museum’s present building, designed in the Greek Revival style by Sir Robert Smirke , was built on the site of Montagu House in the period 1823 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
LXVII.—Nos. 100, 101 and 102, GREAT RUSSELL STREET. Ground landlord. His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G. General description and date of structure. Northward from the site of The Rookery extends the manor of Bloomsbury, a full account of which is reserved for the volume dealing with the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury.
2 mag 2024 · The entrance to Room 35 is via the Great Court on the Upper floor, Level 1. Find Room 35 on our map. Within the exhibition there will be benches where you can sit. A limited number of folding stools are available at the Main entrance on Great Russell Street. Please drop these off as you exit the Museum.
4 giorni fa · Passing through Museum Street, we enter Great Russell Street, which runs from Tottenham Court Road to the north-west corner of Bloomsbury Square. It was built in the year 1670, and was named after the Russells, Earls and Dukes of Bedford.
4 giorni fa · Linking the two rectangles were James Street, King Street, Henrietta Street and (Great) Russell Street. The other streets built by the fourth Earl were the east end of Chandos Street, the north end of Half Moon Street, and all of Brydges and York Streets.
6 giorni fa · Russell Street. The part of this street lying within the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, was built under leases granted in 1631 and 1632, which are tabulated on pages 308–9. It was fully inhabited by about 1637.
