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The Great Exhibition (1851)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Great_Exhibition_(1851)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors
over 6 million
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Joseph_Paxton
gptkbp:attendedBy
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:British_pound_sterling
gptkbp:endDate
1851-10-15
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1855)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Great Exhibition (1851)
gptkbp:legacy
funded the Natural History Museum, London
funded the Science Museum, London
funded the Victoria and Albert Museum
inspired subsequent world's fairs
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Hyde_Park,_London
gptkbp:mainVenue
gptkb:The_Crystal_Palace
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:Jacquard_loom
gptkb:Koh-i-Noor_diamond
over 13,000
early telegraph
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:The_Great_Exhibition_of_the_Works_of_Industry_of_All_Nations
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:representedCountry
over 30
gptkbp:startDate
1851-05-01
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:International_Exhibition,_London_1862
gptkb:International_Exhibition_1862
gptkb:Victorian_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6