The Reading Room also has a collection of different types of art … statues, plaques, pottery, coins … the casual layout of the room is deceiving in that you never know what you will find hidden away on a lower shelf or in the numerous display cases. I found a wonderful hydra with Skylla hidden away on a dark, lower shelf … I was so excited I started muttering to myself … this understandably drew the cautious attention of several of the other Reading Room visitors but a German tourist understood my elation and loaned me his flashlight so I could see this rare piece of art more clearly in the darkened corner.