Festival of Britain

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cultural festival national exhibition

The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition held in 1951 that showcased British achievements in science, technology, design, and the arts to promote a sense of recovery and modernity after World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Festival of Britain canonical	8
Festival of Britain architecture	1
Festival of Britain exhibition designs	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural festival ⓘ national exhibition ⓘ
architect	Leslie Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Misha Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Moro NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
attendance	millions of visitors ⓘ
category	1951 in the United Kingdom ⓘ World's fairs in Europe ⓘ
chairperson	Gerald Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefArchitect	Hugh Casson NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designer	Abram Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1951-09-30 ⓘ
followedBy	demolition of most South Bank structures in early 1950s ⓘ
genre	exposition ⓘ
hasLogo	Festival Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Dome of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Exhibition of Architecture, Lansbury Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ Exhibition of Science, South Kensington NERFINISHED ⓘ Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Industrial Power Exhibition, Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ Skylon NERFINISHED ⓘ South Bank Exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ Telekinema NERFINISHED ⓘ travelling land exhibition ⓘ travelling ship exhibition ⓘ
inception	1951 ⓘ
influenced	British industrial design ⓘ post-war British architecture ⓘ
location	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainVenue	South Bank, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStructure	Dome of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Skylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	Labour government of Clement Attlee NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	post-war Labour government cultural policy ⓘ
purpose	to promote a sense of national recovery after World War II ⓘ to showcase British achievements in design ⓘ to showcase British achievements in science ⓘ to showcase British achievements in technology ⓘ to showcase British achievements in the arts ⓘ
slogan	Tonic to the Nation ⓘ
startDate	1951-05-03 ⓘ
theme	modernity ⓘ post-war reconstruction ⓘ scientific progress ⓘ social democracy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

post-war Britain → hasPart → Festival of Britain ⓘ

The Pilgrim’s Progress → firstPerformanceFestival → Festival of Britain ⓘ

James Gardner → notableWork → Festival of Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: James Gardner (architect)

this entity surface form: Festival of Britain exhibition designs

South Bank arts complex → developedFor → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Royal Festival Hall → openedFor → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain) → commissionedFor → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain) → exhibitionHistory → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain) → associatedWith → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Ralph Tubbs → participatedIn → Festival of Britain ⓘ

Ralph Tubbs → knownFor → Festival of Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Festival of Britain architecture