Skip to main content

Home/ Digital Civilization/ Group items tagged palace

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Katherine Chipman

The Crystal Palace/ The Great Exhibition of 1851 - 0 views

www.victorianstation.com/palace.html

crystal palace

shared by Katherine Chipman on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Over 13,000 exhibits were displayed and viewed by over 6,200,000 visitors to the exhibition.
  • The London Borough of Bromley, who own the park today, together with the Crystal Palace Foundation, have recently submitted an outline proposal the National Heritage Lottery Fund to restore much of the park to its former glory.
  • The Crystal Palace itself was destroyed by fire on  November 30th 1936, following which the area lost much of its focus and began to decline. But many of the most important events in the history of the Crystal Palace took place in the grounds, which retain much of their original overall layout today and are a Grade II listed historic park.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • The park also contained unrivaled collections of statues, many of which were copies of great works from around the world, and a geological display which included a replica lead mine and the first attempts anywhere in the world to portray life-size restorations of extinct animals, including dinosaurs.
  • This "bigger and better" building was divided into a series of courts depicting the history of art and architecture from ancient Egypt through  the Renaissance, as well as exhibits from industry and the natural world.
  • The Crystal Palace was originally designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in only 10 days and was a huge iron goliath with over a million feet of glass.
  • The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was conceived to symbolize this industrial, military and economic superiority of Great Britain. 
  • Kristi Koerner on 04 Oct 10
     
    More on the crystal palace.
Parker Woody

Crystal Palace - 0 views

www2.iath.virginia.edu/...index.html

digiciv crystal palace model

shared by Parker Woody on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Parker Woody on 04 Oct 10
     
    3D models of the crystal palace
Andrew DeWitt

Earth Station Nine - 0 views

www.earthstation9.com/index.html

worlds fair expo exposition crystal palace hydes park victorian

shared by Andrew DeWitt on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The US exhibit included the: McCormack Reaper, Colt Revolver, a 16,400 lb hunk of zinc, unpickable locks, a model of Niagara Falls and a piano that could be played by 4 people at the same time.
  • The Egyptian Court featured the hieroglyphic "Rosetta Stone"
  • Items on display included: the Jacquard loom, an envelope machine that could handle 60 pieces a minute, Lucifer matches, tools, steam engines, kitchen appliances, steel-making displays, powdered graphite in the form of yellow pencils, McCormack Reaper, Bowie knives, Swiss watches, a stuffed elephant, 40 foot scale model of the London docks with 1600 miniature ships, a knife with 1851 blades, prototype submarine, farm equipment, electric clocks, washing machine, false teeth, artificial limbs, chewing tobacco, centrifugal pump, Jacquard lace machine, steam-press, camerae-obscurae, Caloric Engine, Colt's Pistols, Prouty and Mears' Plows, American Bridges, household furniture made of coal, rhubarb champagne, artificial arms and legs, two chairs designed by Mr. Carl Leistler, centrifugal impellers (pumps). 
  • Andrew DeWitt on 04 Oct 10
     
    List of facts about the 1851 Crystal Palace
Katherine Chipman

Timeline for Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton - Great Buildings New World of Architecture - 0 views

www.greatbuildings.com/...timeline.cgi

crystal palace

shared by Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Timeline showing where the Crystal Palace fits in with other significant structures in the 1800's.
Katherine Chipman

Crystal Palace - Joseph Paxton - Great Buildings Online - 0 views

www.greatbuildings.com/...Crystal_Palace.html

crystal palace

shared by Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Floor area of 770,000 sq ft.,1851 ft long, 450 ft wide.
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Wow! The Crystal Palace was more than twice the square footage of the Colloseum.
Katherine Chipman

ExpoMuseum / The Great Exhibtion of the Works of Industry of All Nations (The Crystal P... - 0 views

www.expomuseum.com/1851

shared by Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace - from Victorian Station
    • Katherine Chipman
      Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
       
      Excellent overview!
Katherine Chipman

Smithsonian: History - 0 views

www.si.edu/history.htm

smithsonian

shared by Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Katherine Chipman on 05 Oct 10
     
    Reading about the Crystal Palace made me think about our museums today. Here is a brief history of the Smithsonian.
1 - 7 of 7
Showing 20▼ items per page