The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Originally set up to stage the Great Exhibition, the 1851 Royal Commission was kept in being to invest the Exhibition's substantial profit. It first acquired the site in South Kensington on which the three great museums, the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial College and other colleges now stand, and it continues to own and manage the freehold of most of this estate. When the development of the estate was largely complete, in 1891, the Commission set up the education and research awards programme which still runs today. Over 20 awards are made each year which, together with a number of special grants, exceed £1.4m in value.
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