Room of Doors

The Entrance Room is a circular room in the Department of Mysteries. It is located on the ninth level of the Ministry of Magic in London, England. Many doors lead off of this room to other places within the Department.

Description
This chamber is a large, circular room where everything black. There are identical, unmarked, handle-less black doors are set at intervals around in walls. Dimly lit by blue flamed branches of candles hang on the walls. Whenever one of its doors is shut, the room's walls rotate, disorienting its occupants for several seconds. This is presumably a security device to keep non-employees of the department from reaching a desired room. Responds to a verbal request for an exit by opening the correct door.

History
In 1996, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood arrived in the Department of Mysteries in search of Sirius Black. After going down the corridor to the Department of Mysteries and entering through a door, the six Dumbledore's Army found themselves in this room. They tried one of the doors, which turned out to be the Thought Chamber, and so they went back into the Entrance Room. At that moment, the walls of the room spun around and when they stopped, they couldn't tell which door they just came out of. This problem was solved by Hermione, who caused the Flagrate spell on the doors they came out of which labeled them with a fiery X. The students were ambushed by Death Eaters in the Hall of Prophecy, and ended up fleeing through multiple chambers in the Department.

Behind the scenes
 * The Entrance Room, as well as the Thought Chamber, the Love Chamber, the Space Chamber, and the Time Chamber, were omitted from the film version.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix