The exhibition opened on the day scheduled Victoria, who formally opened the Great Exhibition, told her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgians, that it was "astonishing , a fairy scene. Many cried ...

In a spectacular temporary exhibition building in Hyde Park more than 100,000 exhibits were put on display. On May 1 1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition. By the time it closed on ...

Its finest season was also its first when, in 1851, it was purpose built to house the Great Exhibition. Not here, but in Hyde Park. It was an exhibition that defined Victorian London, and would go ...

The festival plays on the name of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which helped kick-start the area as we know it today. Like the Victorian original, this is a showcase for the best of invention ...

It is almost identical in appearance to the thousands of other back-to-back terraced houses from Victorian Britain ... been transformed into an outdoor exhibition space, specifically for sculpture.

In a spectacular temporary exhibition building in Hyde Park more than 100,000 exhibits were put on display. On May 1 1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition. By the time it closed on ...