Albertopolis - Citizendia

Albertopolis is a nickname for the area centered around South Kensington, London, between Cromwell Road and Kensington Gore, which contains a large number of educational and cultural sites, including

and the following, which were originally institutions in their own right:

Geological Museum, now a subsidiary of the Natural History Museum
Royal School of Mines, now a subsidiary of Imperial College

Institutions formerly in Albertopolis include:

Royal College of Organists, from 1904 to 1991. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Cromwell Road is a major road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is designated part of the A4. Kensington Gore is a street in central London, England, the same name having been formerly used for the piece of land on which it stands Imperial College London (officially The Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine as given in its Royal Charter It is one of only three universities to have reached The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known The Royal College of Art ( RCA) is a University in London, England. The Royal College of Music is a well known conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and one History Founding members of the Society include Sir John Barrow, Sir John Franklin and Francis Beaufort. For science museums in general check out Science museum. The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. The Geological Museum (originally The Museum of Practical Geology, started in 1835 is one of the oldest single science museums in the world and now part of the Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London. The Royal College of Organists or RCO, is an educational body of the United Kingdom.
Royal School of Naval Architecture, from 1864 to 1873. The Royal School of Naval Architecture or Royal School of Naval Architecture and Engineering was an institution founded in South Kensington in 1864 to train
Royal School of Needlework, from 1903 to 1987. The Royal School of Needlework is a London hand Embroidery school founded in 1872

The area was purchased by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 with the profits made from the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was held in a site in Hyde Park nearby to the north-east. Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851 officially called the Great Exhibition of the Works The Great Exhibition, also known as Crystal Palace, was an international exhibition that was held in Hyde Park, London, England, from 1 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner This is commemorated in the name of the principal north-south street laid out on their estate, Exhibition Road. Exhibition Road is a street in South Kensington, London, England.

Prince Albert was a driving force behind the Great Exhibition and President of the Royal Commission, and the name "Albertopolis" seems to have been coined in the 1850s to celebrate and somewhat satirise his role in Victorian cultural life. After his death the term fell into disuse, and the area was more widely referred to as South Kensington. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It was revived by architectural historians in the 1960s and popularised by the nascent conservation movement to bring attention to the complex of public Victorian buildings and the surrounding houses built on the Commissioners' estate, that were threatened with demolition by the expansion and redevelopment plans of Imperial College. Historic preservation or heritage conservation is a professional endeavor that seeks to preserve the ability of older (e

There is a central axis between the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens to the north, and the central portal of the south façade of the Natural History Museum. The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. See also Kensington Gardens South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington The Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, the former tower of the otherwise demolished Imperial Institute (now the Queen's Tower of Imperial College London) and the 1950s rear extension to the Science Museum are all aligned on this axis, which cannot be seen on the ground. The Queen's Tower is situated in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College, London, England. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive This regular geometric alignment of Albertopolis can only be observed readily from the balconies of the Queen's Tower (very rarely open to visitors) although the northern part can be glimpsed from the top floor of the Science Museum.

The closest tube station is South Kensington which is linked to the museums by a tiled tunnel beneath Exhibition Road constructed in 1885. South Kensington is a London Underground station in Kensington, west London. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This tunnel originally continued as a covered route to the south porch of the Royal Albert Hall via a second tunnel (now used as the Imperial College London shooting range) before emerging into the arcades and conservatory of the former gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present

References

Survey of London: volume 38: South Kensington Museums Area (1975)

Originally published by the Athlone Press for the Greater London Council. Available online as part of the: British History Online site

External links

Sir Henry Cole ( 15 July 1808, Bath, England – 18 April 1882, London, England) was a Civil Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789&ndash1864 English liberal critic and writer on literature served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office on retiring from which he devoted himself to literary

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