To celebrate 150 years of Alexandra 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 on display in our East Court for everyone to explore. It celebrates people’s memories and connections to the ‘People’s Palace’, exploring themes of identity, place, heritage and culture.

You sent us your photos of family days out, first steps, marriage proposals and life-affirming cultural experiences. Interwoven are pictures from our archive highlighting the individuals from the 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 is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and made possible by money raised by National Lottery players. Our thanks go to all who contributed and to our dedicated team of volunteer community curators for their work on the project.