Manchester Central Library
Domed rotunda library with a round reading room ringed by a gilded verse from Proverbs.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Great Hall of Manchester Central Library is about sound, and about the unwritten rule that has governed this round reading room since King George the Fifth opened it in nineteen thirty-four. It looks at the gold verse from Proverbs circling the dome, the desks laid out like spokes, and the work of two researchers who listened closely to the room. Best heard sitting at one of the long wooden desks under the dome.
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