He encouraged an exhibition in its handsome ... Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of great ships, docks, and bridges; and Robert Stephenson, railway engineer and son of the builder of the first ...

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 ...

Finally we head to 1851 to hear Queen Victoria read from her journal about the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. There are many evocations of the rhythm of trains in music - steam trains in particular.

The Crystal Palace was a huge exhibition building constructed in London's Hyde Park between 1850 and 1851. It hosted the ...

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 ...