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The Great Exhibition (London, 1862)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Great_Exhibition_(London,_1862)
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:International_Exhibition_of_1862
gptkbp:annualVisitors
over 6 million
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Captain_Francis_Fowke
gptkbp:attendedBy
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Prince_Albert
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:closed
1 November 1862
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:demolished
1864
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Great Exhibition (London, 1862)
gptkbp:legacy
influenced future world fairs
contributed to the development of South Kensington museums
gptkbp:location
gptkb:London
gptkbp:mainBuilding
The Exhibition Building
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:India
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Bessemer_steel_process
gptkb:agricultural_machinery
fine arts
machinery
musical instruments
over 28,000
photography
textiles
early submarine
gptkbp:opened
1 May 1862
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:The_Great_Exhibition_(1851)
gptkbp:purpose
to showcase industry, technology, and art
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1867)
gptkbp:venue
gptkb:South_Kensington
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:No._14_chair
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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