But the Prince's funding worries, with a May 1, 1851 opening date ... paid all the bills. The exhibition opened on the day scheduled Victoria, who formally opened the Great Exhibition, told ...

Millions flocked to the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park to marvel at ... a “cathedral in wood”, this handsome but impractical book case was gifted to Victoria and Albert by Franz Joseph ...

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 ...