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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. [ 1 ] Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage.
This Order gives effect to a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the Charity known as the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (“the Corporation”) which is regulated by a Royal...
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The history of the Royal Albert Hall stretches back to the first world trade fair, the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition brought together 15,000 contributors displaying some 100,000 objects from Britain, the Empire and beyond in a purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. By the end of its five-month run, the exhibition had attracted over s...
In its first year, the hall hosted 36 events. Over the decades, usage has grown. By 2017, the Royal Albert Hall was putting on almost 400 events in the main auditorium each year and hosting hundreds more in other spaces around the venue. The need for more room prompted plans for a two-storey, 1000m2 basement extension on the south-west quadrant of ...
The future of the Royal Albert Hall has been threatened by the Covid-19 pandemic. Coronavirus restrictions meant the hall closed its doors in March 2020 for the first time since the second world war. It reopened in December for a socially distanced Christmas programme, but had to close once more after only three performances. This has had a major f...
Dec 31, 2023 · To maintain the Royal Albert Hall, a Grade I listed building of historical and cultural significance and, through its use, to promote the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the Arts...
May 29, 2019 · One of the institutions envisaged as central to the project was a Central Hall of Arts and Sciences. In its resolution, issued on 29 May 1865, Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 set out how the construction of a ‘Central Hall’ would contribute to the great project of the new cultural quarter:
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (“the Corporation”) was incorporated by Royal Charter dated the 8th April 1867 (“the original charter”) for the purpose of building and maintaining a hall and buildings connected therewith on the estate of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 (“the exhibition commissioners”) at South Kensi...
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To maintain the Royal Albert Hall, a Grade I listed building of historical and cultural significance and, through its use, to promote the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the Arts...
