Nº 451 · See
A room built to keep books alive
Library of Congress · 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
The Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room makes research feel like a public ceremony. Its desks and central service point organise a large space around individual acts of attention. Explore the Library’s illustrated account of the room, and imagine settling into one small pool of lamplight.
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- Why this number?
- Fahrenheit 451, turned on its head: a room devoted to preserving and reading books.
- Credit
- Library of Congress; photographs and historical material credited at source.
- Reuse and attribution
- Original NicheMisc introduction with a source link. The source work and its images, text and recordings are not reproduced here.
- Published
- 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z