Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, [London], 1856. Iron building '...purposed to contain the large and valuable to the Dept. of Science and Art; the important trade collection presented to the Royal Commission on the close of the Great Exhibition of is not intended that this Museum should be merely an agreeable lounge or promenade to indulge or gratify curiosity alone, but is to be considered more as a National Institution, where every object of importance in science and art, from the earliest period to the pre
Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, [London], 1856. Iron building '...purposed to contain the large and valuable to the Dept. of Science and Art; the important trade collection presented to the Royal Commission on the close of the Great Exhibition of is not intended that this Museum should be merely an agreeable lounge or promenade to indulge or gratify curiosity alone, but is to be considered more as a National Institution, where every object of importance in science and art, from the earliest period to the present time, can be examined and studied with a view to the improvement of those who may visit the might very well be named a great instructional museum for the advancement of science and building is constructed from designs and Messrs. Charles D. Young and Co., engineers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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