They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so London must have felt pretty proud of itself when, on 14 July 1853, a 'Crystal Palace', constructed from glass and iron in the form of a ...

This item is a small piece of glass from the original building, known as the Crystal Palace, that housed the Great Exhibition in 1851. The item was owned by my Great Great Auntie Ada, now 100 ...

The iconic Crystal Palace was aflame ... of the exhibition was the venue itself—a palace of 3,330 iron columns and 900,000 square feet of glass, built in just nine months.