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Street by Street: South Kensington

The numerous museums and colleges created in
the wake of the Great Exhibition of 1851 (see pp64–5)
continue to give this neighborhood its dignified
character. Visited as much by Londoners as tourists,
the museum area is liveliest on Sundays and on summer
evenings during the Royal Albert Hall’s famous season
of classical “Prom” concerts (see p102). The Royal Albert Hall
to Kensington Gardens Opened in 1871 and modeled
on a Roman amphitheater, this
The Memorial to magnificent concert hall hosts
the Great a range of events.
Exhibition is
surmounted by a
bronze statue of
its instigator, The Royal College of
Prince Albert. Music, founded in 1882,
exhibits historic musical
instruments from around
the world.

Imperial College,
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part of London
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. Natural History Museum T R University, is one of
This pterodactyl is part of a CO N S O R T R O A D the country’s leading
menagerie of sculptures scientific institutions.
that adorn the facade of
the great museum
(see p64).

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South Kensington
station (two entrances
on Exhibition Road)
. Science Museum
Fascinating exhibits, such as . Victoria and Albert Museum
this 18th-century steam engine, The museum has a fine collection
celebrate the history of science of decorative arts from around the
and technology (see p64). world (see p65).

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