The tour began in the room pictured.



We were asked to sit at one end of the room, at which point, the guide began on the history of the Oxford University Library.

After 5 minutes, we were wondering when we would be leaving to enter the library (which we had learnt had moved to its present location, above the room we were in, in about 1500).

After 10 minutes, we had pretty much had our fill of the library and its history.

After 20 minutes, we we wondering why the tour was called the library tour, considering our guide was giving no sign of getting closer to the library.

After 25 minutes, we were finally asked to move ... ... ... not to the library, but to the next room on the ground floor.

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And so it went -- another 15 minutes in the new room. Another 15 minutes listening about the history of the museum.

Only then, with 10 official minutes remaining in the tour, were we told the "momentous words": Alright, I must warn you that in the library upstairs, no pictures are allowed.