Author: Maverick

Introduction The South Kensington Museum—now the Victoria and Albert Museum—has a unique and complex history. Perhaps most well-known for its primary focus on industrial education throughout the nineteenth century, the South Kensington Museum stood distinct from other prominent art museums in London at the time. Founded in 1852, the museum followed the success of the […]

Introduction By the end of the 19th century, it is estimated that close to 150 million pounds-sterling was invested by British companies in the Indian railway system; the single greatest investment in the British Empire.[1] By 1947, the end of the British Raj, 57,000 miles of track had been laid down in Colonial India, 225,000 […]