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Queen Victoria's Palace

Queen Victoria's Palace
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  • Daily (Saturday, 20 Jul 2019 - Sunday, 29 Sep 2019)

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth, a special exhibition, Queen Victoria’s Palace, tells the story of how the young queen transformed Buckingham Palace from a private house into a working royal residence. Together with Prince Albert, she made Buckingham Palace a rallying point for the nation, a powerful symbol of the British Monarchy, and a family home for their nine children

The exhibition

Thomas Sully (1783-1872)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Rundell, Bridge & Co

Star of the Order of the Bath

Louis Haghe (1806-85)

The Ballroom, Buckingham Palace, 17 June 1856

Eugene-Louis Lami (1800-90)

Queen Victoria's Costume for the Stuart Ball
Explore the exhibition

Exhibition multimedia

Queen Victoria
The life of Queen Victoria

The key events in Queen Victoria's life and how they shaped the Palace

A watercolour of a ball, with the Queen seated on her throne at the far end of the room. Signed and dated. The new Ballroom at Buckingham Palace, designed by Sir James Pennethorne, opened in May 1856. The interior decoration was supervised by Ludwig Grune
Queen Victoria and Buckingham Palace

Queen Victoria created much of what is familiar about the palace today
Pepper's ghost

A Victorian theatrical technique updated to recreate a ball

Recreation of Crimean Ball with actors dancing
Recreation of the Crimean Ball

Watch this short film to learn about the research behind this immersive experience

conservator standing with throne in the workshop
Conservation of Queen Victoria's Throne

Watch this film to find out how conservators carefully remove almost 200 years of surface dirt from the throne's...

Events programme

Highlights of the Royal Collection

Whilst visiting the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, explore some of the Treasures from the Royal Collection. Learn more below:

The Society of the Sons of St George at Philadelphia commissioned Sully to paint a portrait of the young Queen Victoria (now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York); this head is either a copy from that portrait or from a preliminary sketch for it. The Quee
Trail
Highlight paintings at Buckingham Palace

Some of the key works on the walls of the State Rooms

Rectangular cabinet veneered with ebony and set with three pietra dura panels of flowers and birds, the central panel incorporating high relief pietra dura fruit; bordered with premiere partie boulle marquetry on tortoiseshell. Fitted with three doors con
Trail
Highlight objects at Buckingham Palace

Some of the key objects in the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace

Queen Victoria's Buckingham Palace cover image
Publication
Queen Victoria's Buckingham Palace

Accompanies the summer opening of Buckingham Palace

Map & directions

Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Gate, London, SW1A 1AA
 DIRECTIONS VIA GOOGLE MAPS
By train

London Victoria or London Charing Cross.  Visit National Rail Enquiries for times and fares.

By underground

Victoria, Green Park, St. James's Park and Hyde Park Corner.  For further information visit the Transport for London website.

By coach / bus

Bus numbers 11, 211, C1 and C10 stop on Buckingham Palace Road.  Victoria Coach Station is a 10-minute walk from the Palace.

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The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.