The Commonwealth Institute was an educational charity connected with the Commonwealth of Nations, and the name of a building in West London formerly owned by the Institute. The successor charity is now based at New Zealand House in central London. The building on Kensington High St will become the new home of the Design Museum in an £80m redevelopment opening in 2014.
Read more about Commonwealth Institute: The Imperial Institute, The Commonwealth Institute 1962–2002, Current Work, The Building
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