The Crystal Palace was a huge exhibition building constructed in London's Hyde Park between 1850 and 1851. It hosted the Great Exhibition of 1851 - an event showcasing sculptures, machinery ...

The Crystal Palace was a wonder of the world, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was the largest glass building ever seen. But its architect Joseph Paxton had built another “world’s greatest ...

The Crystal Palace’s second home on Sydenham Hill has ... the surviving treasures of 1851. Londonist: Time Machine likes to travel forwards through the years as well as backwards.

Yet there was no disorder among the crowds swelling London, nor any in the Crystal Palace, even when, on October 7, 1851, 109,000 people came through the building, many having arrived by ship from ...

The Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936, but after the devastating fire one underground structure still remained. It was the ...

On May 1 1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition ... The seemingly fragile structure was nicknamed 'The Crystal Palace' by the satirical magazine Punch. In this print, the two naves ...

The opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria at Crystal Palace. 1851.; The opening of the Great Exhibition by her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria May 1 1851. Engraved by H. Bibby.

To answer these questions, we must go back a few years. The original Crystal Palace was built to house The Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park. When it closed it had to be decided what was to be ...