London's Great Exhibition of 1851 attracted some 6 million people eager to experience more than 14,000 exhibitors showcasing 19th-century marvels of technology and engineering. The event took ...

And the sparkling Crystal Palace, which had housed the wonders of the age, was shifted to south London, where it gave its name to a whole neighbourhood. The Great Exhibition’s legacy is immense.

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 ...

It was one of Britain's greatest ever structures, constructed in London's Hyde Park in just 190 days between 1850 and 1851 - in time for Prince Albert's Great Exhibition.

This article was originally published with the title “ The New Crystal Palace at Sydenham, near London ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 9 (November 1852), p. 66 doi:10.1038 ...

One of the most eccentric parks in London, Crystal Palace Park is a huge Grade II listed expanse of green that’s dotted with a whole host of weird and wonderful features, which range from the ...

The Crystal Palace was originally constructed for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, in the centre of London, before being dismantled and rebuilt in south London in 1854, where it remained until ...

The Crystal Palace was originally constructed for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, in central London, before being dismantled and rebuilt in south-east London in 1854, where it remained until it ...

Crystal Palace, which sits on the borders of five south London boroughs and is named after Joseph Paxton’s Great Exhibition building relocated there in 1854 (now long gone after it burnt down in ...