Great Exhibition (1851)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 6 million
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Joseph_Paxton
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate 1851-10-15
gptkbp:exhibitorCountry gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Chile
gptkb:China
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:India
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Peru
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1855)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Exhibition (1851)
gptkbp:legacy funded South Kensington museums
inspired future world fairs
boosted British industry
established the Natural History Museum
established the Science Museum
established the Victoria and Albert Museum
influenced Victorian design
promoted international trade
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hyde_Park,_London
gptkb:The_Crystal_Palace
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Jacquard_loom
gptkb:Koh-i-Noor_diamond
gptkb:furniture
gptkb:glass
gptkb:Daguerreotype_photography
Ceramics
Textiles
industrial equipment
over 13,000
Fine arts
Scientific instruments
Early telegraph
Steam engines
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Prince_Albert
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:French_Industrial_Exposition_of_1849
gptkbp:purpose showcase industrial and cultural achievements
gptkbp:startDate 1851-05-01
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Ada_Lovelace
gptkb:Charles_Babbage
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Charlotte_Brontë
gptkb:Fyodor_Dostoevsky
gptkb:Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Lewis_Carroll
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkb:Gustave_Flaubert
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1855)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5