The Commonwealth Institute: A Tale of Two Buildings

This article describes the creation of the Imperial Institute to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, how it developed, the various acts of parliament that oversaw it, why its building was demolished and how it transferred into the Commonwealth Institute. Against the background of the politics...

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Published in:	Round table (London) 2019-09, Vol.108 (5), p.521-530
Main Author:	Cox, Stephen
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acts of Parliament Campaigns Commonwealth Institute Festival of Britain 1951 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Governance Graphs Imperial Institute Legislatures Money Political attitudes Politics Queens the Great Exhibition 1851 Trustees
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Summary:	This article describes the creation of the Imperial Institute to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, how it developed, the various acts of parliament that oversaw it, why its building was demolished and how it transferred into the Commonwealth Institute. Against the background of the politics of the time it charts the ups and downs of the Institute's fortunes, the creation of the new Institute, both the building and the programmes, the attitude of the British Government and particularly that of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). It considers the decision of the FCO to stop its grant, the attempts of the Trustees to persuade the FCO to change its mind and the campaign that the Institute mounted to raise money to replace the FCO grant, reduce the costs and change its governance and what happened to its buildings, collections, and its work.
ISSN:	0035-8533 1474-029X