The interior of the Crystal Palace in London during the Great Exhibition of 1851. As Victoria wanders among the displays at the 1851 Great Exhibition, she stops to marvel at a penknife with 83 blades.

How London’s Crystal Palace was ... fully constructed building opened on May 1, 1851. The ... The finished Crystal Palace earned Paxton worldwide acclaim and a knighthood from Queen Victoria.

A palace made of glass? In 1851, London unveiled a structure unlike anything the world had seen before - The Crystal Palace. Explore how it set the stage for modern architecture and innovation!

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 destruction by fire of the greater part of the Crystal Palace on the night of November 30-December 1 will be widely regretted, for, although its general form and architecture have often made ...

It was 183 years ago today when Queen Victoria survived the first of two consecutive assassination attempts in London. As the queen returned to Buckingham Palace on May 29, 1842, a young man named ...