Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhi
Iguanodon sculpture in Crystal Palace Park
The famous banquet in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon, New Year's Eve, 1853
Iguanodon models in 1995, before restoration, showing previous countershaded paint scheme with white undersides
The dinosaurs during renovation in 2026
The Crystal Palace
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The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
…are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. The models were unveiled in 1854, as the first dinosaur sculptures in…
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham (1854)
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Grand International Exhibition of 1851
Joseph Paxton's first sketch for the Great Exhibition Building, c. 1850, using pen and ink on blotting paper; Victoria and Albert Museum
The partial front (left) and rear (right) elevations of the Crystal Palace