Crystal Palace Exhibition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Crystal_Palace_Exhibition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 6 million
gptkbp:architect	gptkb:Joseph_Paxton
gptkbp:area	990,000 square feet
gptkbp:attendedBy	gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Charles_Dickens gptkb:Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel gptkb:Michael_Faraday gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:buildingType	gptkb:The_Crystal_Palace
gptkbp:commonName	gptkb:Great_Exhibition gptkb:Crystal_Palace_Exhibition
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate	1851-10-15
gptkbp:fundedBy	public subscription
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Crystal Palace Exhibition
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent world fairs
gptkbp:legacy	Crystal Palace moved to Sydenham inspired international exhibitions
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hyde_Park,_London
gptkbp:notableExhibit	gptkb:Koh-i-Noor_diamond over 14,000 innovations in glass and iron machinery from the Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Great_Exhibition_of_the_Works_of_Industry_of_All_Nations
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Prince_Albert gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:precededBy	no previous world fair
gptkbp:purpose	showcase industrial and cultural achievements
gptkbp:representedCountry	over 25
gptkbp:startDate	1851-05-01
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1855)
gptkbp:symbolizes	British Empire's industrial power Victorian progress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Great_Exhibition_1851 gptkb:Great_Exhibition_of_the_Works_of_Industry_of_All_Nations
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5