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British Empire Exhibition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Empire_Exhibition
GPTKB entity
Statements (110)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors
27 million
gptkbp:closed
31 October 1925
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:monument
postage stamps
souvenir medals
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Empire Exhibition
gptkbp:legacy
construction of Wembley Stadium
development of Wembley area
influence on later exhibitions
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Wembley,_London
gptkbp:logo
Lion and Union Jack
gptkbp:mainVenue
gptkb:Wembley_Park
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Empire_Stadium
gptkb:Palace_of_Arts
gptkb:Palace_of_Engineering
gptkb:Palace_of_Housing_and_Transport
gptkb:Palace_of_Industry
gptkb:Wembley_Stadium
gptkbp:notableEvent
King George V opened the exhibition
First public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird
Queen Mary attended the opening
gptkbp:notableExhibit
countries of the British Empire
gptkbp:notablePavilion
gptkb:Aden_Pavilion
gptkb:Antigua_Pavilion
gptkb:Ascension_Island_Pavilion
gptkb:Australia_Pavilion
gptkb:Bahamas_Pavilion
gptkb:Barbados_Pavilion
gptkb:Basutoland_Pavilion
gptkb:Bechuanaland_Pavilion
gptkb:Bermuda_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Antarctic_Territory_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Guiana_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Honduras_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Solomon_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Somaliland_Pavilion
gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Brunei_Pavilion
gptkb:Cayman_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Ceylon_Pavilion
gptkb:Christmas_Island_Pavilion
gptkb:Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Cook_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Cyprus_Pavilion
gptkb:Dominica_Pavilion
gptkb:East_Africa_Pavilion
gptkb:Falkland_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Fiji_Pavilion
gptkb:Gambia_Pavilion
gptkb:Gibraltar_Pavilion
gptkb:Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Gold_Coast_Pavilion
gptkb:Grenada_Pavilion
gptkb:Hong_Kong_Pavilion
gptkb:India_Pavilion
gptkb:Jamaica_Pavilion
gptkb:Labuan_Pavilion
gptkb:Leeward_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Malaya_Pavilion
gptkb:Malta_Pavilion
gptkb:Mauritius_Pavilion
gptkb:Montserrat_Pavilion
gptkb:New_Hebrides_Pavilion
gptkb:New_Zealand_Pavilion
gptkb:Nigeria_Pavilion
gptkb:Niue_Pavilion
gptkb:Norfolk_Island_Pavilion
gptkb:North_Borneo_Pavilion
gptkb:Northern_Rhodesia_Pavilion
gptkb:Nyasaland_Pavilion
gptkb:Papua_Pavilion
gptkb:Pitcairn_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Sarawak_Pavilion
gptkb:Seychelles_Pavilion
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Pavilion
gptkb:South_Africa_Pavilion
gptkb:South_Georgia_and_South_Sandwich_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Southern_Rhodesia_Pavilion
gptkb:St._Helena_Pavilion
gptkb:St._Kitts_Pavilion
gptkb:St._Lucia_Pavilion
gptkb:St._Vincent_Pavilion
gptkb:Straits_Settlements_Pavilion
gptkb:Sudan_Pavilion
gptkb:Swaziland_Pavilion
gptkb:Tanganyika_Pavilion
gptkb:Tokelau_Pavilion
gptkb:Tonga_Pavilion
gptkb:Trinidad_Pavilion
gptkb:Tristan_da_Cunha_Pavilion
gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Uganda_Pavilion
gptkb:West_Africa_Pavilion
gptkb:West_Indies_Pavilion
gptkb:Western_Samoa_Pavilion
gptkb:Windward_Islands_Pavilion
gptkb:Canada_Pavilion
gptkbp:opened
23 April 1924
gptkbp:organizer
gptkb:Empire_Exhibition_Executive_Committee
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:British_Empire_Exhibition_1911_(Festival_of_Empire)
gptkbp:purpose
to stimulate trade and strengthen bonds within the British Empire
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Empire_Exhibition,_Scotland_1938
gptkbp:theme
British Empire unity and progress
gptkbp:year
1924
1925
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Old_Wembley_Stadium
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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