On the few occasions the room was opened they used oil lamps.
By 1952, the last room had been opened, marking a return to normal operation.
The cold rooms at a hospital were opened for the journalists on 1 October.
The room is opened once every year to the public.
The room was officially opened to the public on November 3, 1941.
After being closed to the public for several years, the upper room was opened in March 2006 as an art gallery.
Those in the star chamber did not hear anything as the small room behind the door was opened to the hard vacuum of space.
All the rooms were eventually opened for public use by the end of 2003.
The room was opened to the public with much fanfare two weeks ago.
Three years later two additional rooms were opened and in 1889 a lady's reading room was provided.