Great Exhibition of 1851

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historical event international exhibition world's fair

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a landmark international world's fair held in London that showcased industrial, technological, and artistic achievements of the mid-19th century.

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Great Exhibition of 1851 canonical 9
Great Exhibition 4
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
international exhibition ⓘ
world's fair ⓘ
architectOfMainBuilding Sir Joseph Paxton ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Paxton
areaOfMainBuilding about 92,000 square meters ⓘ
category 1851 in London ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
conceivedBy Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
surface form: Prince Albert
coOrganizedBy Sir Henry Cole ⓘ
surface form: Henry Cole
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currencyOfTransactions Pound sterling ⓘ
endDate 1851-10-15 ⓘ
followedBy Exposition Universelle of 1855 ⓘ
influenced Paris Exposition Universelle (various years) ⓘ
World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surface form: World's Columbian Exposition
languageOfEvent English ⓘ
legacy contributed to the development of the South Kensington museum district ⓘ
helped fund the establishment of the Natural History Museum, London ⓘ
helped fund the establishment of the Science Museum ⓘ
helped fund the establishment of the Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
inspired later world’s fairs and international expositions ⓘ
led to the creation of the Royal Albert Hall vicinity ⓘ
lengthOfMainBuilding about 563 meters ⓘ
location Hyde Park ⓘ
surface form: Hyde Park, London
mainBuildingMaterial iron and glass ⓘ
mainBuildingName The Crystal Palace ⓘ
notableExhibit Jacquard loom ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond ⓘ
machinery from the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
steam engines ⓘ
telegraph equipment ⓘ
notableVisitor Charles Dickens ⓘ
Michael Faraday ⓘ
William Makepeace Thackeray ⓘ
numberOfExhibitors over 17,000 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries over 30 ⓘ
numberOfVisitors over 6,000,000 ⓘ
officialName Great Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations
openedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
openingCeremonyDate 1851-05-01 ⓘ
organizedBy Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
patron Queen Victoria ⓘ
purpose to display British industrial and technological leadership ⓘ
to promote international trade and cooperation ⓘ
to showcase the works of industry of all nations ⓘ
shortName Great Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Exhibition
startDate 1851-05-01 ⓘ
theme arts ⓘ
industry ⓘ
technology ⓘ
ticketType season tickets and daily tickets ⓘ
venue The Crystal Palace ⓘ

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Victorian era → significantEvent → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857 → inspiredBy → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great Exhibition of 1851
Great Exhibition of 1851 → officialName → Great Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations
Great Exhibition of 1851 → shortName → Great Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Sir Joseph Paxton → workedOn → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Sir Henry Cole → knownFor → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert → notableProject → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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Albertopolis → associatedWith → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Exhibition Road → namedAfter → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
The Crystal Palace → purpose → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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The Crystal Palace → eventHosted → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond → displayedAt → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 → namedAfter → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Great Exhibition
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 → foundedDuring → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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Exposition Universelle of 1855 → precededBy → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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Exposition Universelle of 1855 → precededBy → Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Great Exhibition of 1851 in London