Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was partially the result of Prince Albert's passion for science and pride in England's economic, military and industrial dominance around the world. It is considered the first of the many World's Fairs that have followed it. It ran from May 1 through October 15, and after the Exhibition closed, the building was moved to a new park in a high, healthy and affluent area of London called Sydenham Hill, a well-heeled suburb full of large villas. The Crystal Palace was enlarged and stood in the area from 1854 to 1936, when it was destroyed by fire. Submitted by Lauren Roberts.