Word: semicircular
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remarks upon the changes on the ground floor where the large lecture hall has been split up by a semi-circular wall into a smaller lecture room capable of holding about 205 people, with a raised platform at the back suitable for the exhibition of large casts; and a semicircular corridor outside the lecture room, for the exhibition of other casts. This adds materially to the exhibition space in the Museum, and makes it possible to separate the casts and the original works of art. These are the principal improvements, though other minor ones have been effected...
...large semicircular lecture theatre of the Fogg Art Museum is being changed into a smaller lecture room, sufficient in size for the classes that meet here; and the extra space around this room will be used as a gallery for the exhibition of casts, which will be moved in from the main hall. This will relieve the crowded appearance of the entrance hall, where it will now be possible to exhibit the Meleager and other original Greek marbles together and to better advantage...