Under Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the public nature of the Collection was emphasised all the more. Albert's great scheme for a Universal Exhibition to be held in 1851 in London was in essence a recreation of Quiccheberg's theatre of wisdom on a vast and glorious scale. The Crystal Palace was itself a cabinet of curiosities where the knowledge of the day could be encompassed within one room. Albert's vision was to show the fruits of the earth – its minerals, plants, fauna and anomalies - alongside the works wrought by man, both artistic and scientific.