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.

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.

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 ...

The entire spectacle lasted less than an hour, yet the royal visit was the pinnacle in the short-lived history of Oak Bay’s ...

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 ...

Built in 1850, the Crystal Palace was first located in London’s Hyde Park, where it housed the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than six million people visited the event —an estimated third of ...