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	5