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3rd June 1871: Whit Monday visitors crowd the antiquities room of the South Kensington Museum in London. Inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, the museum later became known as the Victoria and Albert Museum. An engraving by C J Stantland. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - South Kensington Museum on Whit Monday - pub. 1871 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)