{"id":3646,"date":"2026-06-05T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?post_type=space&#038;p=3646"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:10:53","slug":"mugar-3rd-floor-mlk-reading-room","status":"publish","type":"space","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/space\/mugar-3rd-floor-mlk-reading-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugar &#8211; 3rd Floor MLK Jr. Reading Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3342\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"Groups of students studying in the MLK Jr. Reading Room in Mugar Library.\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"wp-image-3342 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/26-1083-LIBRARY3-070-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students, faculty, and staff at Mugar Library on March 2, 2026.<br \/>Photo by Tony Luong for Boston University Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MLK Reading Room on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/visit-study\/locations\/mugar-memorial-library\/\">Mugar Library&#8217;s<\/a> 3rd floor is both a silent, open seating space and permanent archival exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition provides an intimate view of Dr. King\u2019s time at the University, and his leadership of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement for racial equality in the United States through photographs, handwritten letters and other materials in his papers.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can find the reading room on the 3rd floor of Mugar Memorial Library during the regular library <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/visit-study\/hours\/\">hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MLK Reading Room on Mugar Library&#8217;s 3rd floor is both a silent, open seating space and permanent archival exhibit. The exhibition provides an intimate view of Dr. King\u2019s time at the University, and his leadership of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement for racial equality in the United States through photographs, handwritten letters and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3342,"parent":0,"template":"","r3_space_location":[95],"r3_space_room_type":[91],"r3_space_capacity":[94],"r3_space_zone":[81],"r3_space_feature":[83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/space\/3646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/space"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/space"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/space\/3646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5047,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/space\/3646\/revisions\/5047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"r3_space_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/r3_space_location?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"r3_space_room_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/r3_space_room_type?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"r3_space_capacity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/r3_space_capacity?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"r3_space_zone","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/r3_space_zone?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"r3_space_feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/r3_space_feature?post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}