The Great Exhibition in London opened in 1851

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"It is a wonderful place – vast, strange, new and impossible to describe." - Charlotte Brontë

The Great Exhibition opened ‪#‎onthisday‬ in 1851, displaying wonders of industry from around the world. See stunning images of the exhibits and the Crystal Palace which housed the exhibitionhttp://bit.ly/1VWLb0n

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The Great Exhibition in London opened ‪#‎onthisday‬ in 1851. This was the grand showcase of a nation in the middle of unparalleled technological and industrial progress. These prints show its unveiling at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park http://ow.ly/LZabA

Visitor numbers to the British Museum had been rising during the 19th century, but the Great Exhibition nearby helped draw in a record 2.5 million visitors in 1851.