Art Galleries and Museums: - Information on the architect, location, date, construction system, context and style of a world selection from Great Buildings Online.
The British Museum: History: The history of the British Museum. british, museum, history, collection, hans, sloane, king, george, hamilton
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.
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.
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.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: - The Shrine of the Book, erected in 1965 for the preservation and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Brief illustrated history of this remarkable building designed by American-Jewish architects A.Bartos and F. Kiesler.
Kunsthaus Graz: - An extraordinary exhibition hall in Austria designed by London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. Includes images and description of the "friendly alien" design.
The Natural History Museum: History and Architecture: Uncover the story of how the Museum was founded, and the key figures in its design and dev. history, architecture, Sloane, Banks, Collections, Alfred Waterhouse, British
