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Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882. For a time the largest non-national library in Europe, [ 1 ] it closed on 29 June 2013 and was replaced by the Library of Birmingham .
Birmingham Archives and Collections at the Library of Birmingham hold the archives for the city of Birmingham, England. The records date back to the 12th century and are accessible for multiple levels of research, from family histories to a wider range of historical interest of the area.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library.
It consists of 19 branches, with a main or central library located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. The main library is composed of two buildings, the East Building and the Linn-Henley Research Library containing the Tutwiler Collection of Southern History, and the Rucker Agee Map Collection.
Chamberlain Square or Chamberlain Place is a public square in central Birmingham, England, named after statesman and notable mayor of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain. The Victorian square was drastically remodelled in the 1970s, with most of the Victorian buildings demolished and the construction of the Brutalist Central Library.
Birmingham Central Library: Birmingham: United Kingdom 1879-01-11 A fire broke out behind a wooden partition serving as a temporary wall during building operations. [106] The fire caused extensive damage, with only 1,000 volumes saved from a stock of 50,000. [106] University of Virginia Library Charlottesville, Virginia: United States 1895-10-27
The first Central Library opened in 1865 occupying a site south of Edmund Street and west of the Town Hall adjoining the BMI building to the north. This library was destroyed by fire in 1879 and its replacement to the design of J.H. Chamberlain opened in 1882. Mason Science College opened in 1875 occupying the area north of Edmund Street. This ...
Highbury Hall, Moseley, Birmingham. Oozells Street Board School (now the Ikon Gallery), Brindleyplace, Birmingham City Centre. Shakespeare Memorial Room in Birmingham Central Library (1882). Dismantled in 1974; reassembled in the new Central Library in 1983; relocated to the top floor of the Library of Birmingham in 2013.