To celebrate 150 years of the Palace, we’ve joined forces with renowned visual artist Helen Marshall, founder of The People’s Picture, to create By The People: 150 Lifetimes, a giant mosaic made up of thousands of pictures of you!

The permanent artwork is now on display in our East Court for everyone to explore. It celebrates people’s memories and connections to our ‘People’s Palace’, exploring themes of identity, place, heritage and culture.

You sent in photos of your family days out, friends, first steps, marriage proposals, massive nights, beautiful mornings, beautiful views and life-affirming cultural experiences. Interwoven are pictures from our archive of key moments of history, world firsts, innovation and London life that have been part of Ally Pally’s unique century and a half.

By The People: 150 Lifetimes was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and made possible by money raised by National Lottery players. Our massive thanks go to all who contributed, and to our team of volunteer community curators for their work on the project.

Now, let’s get started on creating another 150 years of memories together!