Art Galleries and Museums

Information on the architect, location, date, construction system, context and style of a world selection from Great Buildings Online.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/gallery.html

The Crystal Palace

Computer models of this Victorian marvel designed by Joseph Paxton from the University of Virginia, with an illustrated account of its history and construction.
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/london/model/

Exhibition and Exposition

Great Buildings Online provides images and information on a selection of buildings in Europe, North American and Japan designed for exhibition purposes.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/exhibition.html

The British Museum: History

The official site gives brief details an an historic image of the buildings at its core designed by Sir Robert and Sidney Smirke and erected between the 1820s and 1850s.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/visit/history.html

History of The Natural History Museum Buildings

An illustrated outline from the official site of the remarkable Victorian buildings in South Kensington, designed by Waterhouse and decorated with carvings of animals and plants.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/info/history/build.html

ArchitectureWeek: Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court

Don Barker explains the history of the great neoclassical British Museum designed by Robert Smirke in the context of the new steel and glass roof.
http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0214/design_1-1.html

The Guardian: A Feast for the Eyes

Jonathan Glancey admires the Great Court in the British Museum. He describes the history of the building and the new roof over the court.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,3604,403387,00.html

The Crystal Palace Foundation

Group dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace, who have created a museum on the site. Includes images and a history of the building after the Great Exhibition closed in October 1851.
http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/