the next stage was the south part of the front wing, opened in 1859, including the elaborate first floor queen's reading room (now queen's hall). the northern part was added complete in 1864 by abraham linacre, but the classical portico was not built until 1870. other wings were built are various times, such as barry hall, along little lonsdale street, in 1886, mccoy hall (now the redmond barry reading boom), built for the museum in 1892, baldwin spencer hall facing russell street in 1909, and the mcallan gallery on the latrobe street side, built in 1932.