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Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs Name of Exhibition Start Date End Date Location Country Notes Society of Artists of Great Britain Exhibition 1760 1760 London UK Held at the Society of the Encouragement of Arts, &c., in the Strand opposite Beaufort Street, in the Great Room (eighty feet by forty feet). Ran for a fortnight. Open to the public from 9am to 2pm. Contained 130 works by 69 exhibitors. Total catalogue sales were 6,582, leading Luckhurst to estimate 20,000 visitors. £100 balance from sale of catalogues. Society of Arts Exhibition 1761 1761 London UK Open for four weeks, and opened from 7am to 1pm. In 1760, the Society of Arts decided to buy all machines which entered its competition and won prizes. Exhibited in a warehouse alongside the society's headquarters during April. Society of Artists of Great Britain Exhibition 1761 1761 London UK Held at the Great Room, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross. From 9 May for a month. 230 works. Entrance gained through purchase of a catalogue, which was also season ticket. Royal Academy Exhibition 1769 - 1780 1769-1780 London UK Opened on 26 April. Contained 130 works. Held in the Auction Room in Pall Mall. Held annually until 1780. Royal Academy Exhibition 1780-1836 1780-1836 London UK Held annually at Somerset House, in the Great Room, at the top of the building. Products of Industry Exhibition 1789 1789 Geneva Switzerland Small scale Products of Industry Exhibition 1790 1790 Hamburg Germany Small scale Products of Industry Exhibition 1791 1791 Prague Czechoslovakia Small scale National Exhibition 1797 1797 Forecourt of the France Initiated by Marquis d'Aveze and Francois de Neufchateau. Louvre, Paris Held at Chateau of St Cloud, although d'Aveze had to flee due to Bonaparte's war. Included furniture, clocks, bookbinding, carpets, porcelain and tapestries. Exhibits were for sale. French National Exhibition (1) 1798 1798 Champs de Mars, France Viewed as first proper international exhibition, as it included Paris an instructional rationale. Lasted three days, from 17th to 21st September, and had 110 exhibitors. Exhibits were not for sale. Jury appointed for awarding prizes of public recognition. Buildings were a square arcade, sixty arches, surrounding a central 'Temple of Industry.' Objects included clocks, glassware, textiles, chemical products, leatherware, furniture, weapons, scientific and surgical instruments, printing. Author: J C Kristensen Page 1 of 6 Date: 1/5/07 Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs French National Exhibition (2) 1801 1801 Louvre Courtyard, France Lasted six days and had 220 exhibitors. Tried to include Paris artists as well as manufacturers, but the artists declined. Textile machinery and products became more dominant. Jacquard's look was exhibited here. French National Exhibition (3) 1802 1802 Louvre Courtyard, France Lasted seven days and had 540 exhibitors. Paris French National Exhibition (4) 1806 1806 Esplanade des France Lasted 24 days, with 1422 exhibitors. Held in February. Invalides, Paris National Exhibition 1818 1818 Munich Germany French National Exhibition (5) 1819 1819 Inside the Louvre, France Lasted 35 days and had 1,662 exhibitors. Paris National Exhibition 1820 1820 Ghent Belgium French National Exhibition (6) 1823 1823 Inside the Louvre, France Lasted 50 days and had 1,642 exhibitors. Paris National Exhibition 1823 1823 Stockholm Sweden National Exhibition 1824 1824 Tournai Belgium National Exhibition 1825 1825 Haarlem Belgium National Exhibition 1826 1826 Dublin Ireland French National Exhibition (7) 1827 1827 Inside the Louvre, France Lasted 62 days, with 1,695 exhibitors Paris National Exhibition 1827 1827 Nantes France National Exhibition 1827 1827 Madrid Spain National Exhibition 1828 1828 New York USA National Exhibition 1829 1829 Moscow Russia National Exhibition 1829 1829 St Petersburg Russia National Exhibition 1830 1830 Brussels Belgium French National Exhibition (8) 1834 1834 Place de la France Lasted 60 days, with 2,447 exhibitors. Concorde, Paris National Exhibition 1835 1835 Lille France National Exhibition 1835 1835 Bordeaux France National Exhibition 1836 1836 Toulouse France National Exhibition 1836 1836 Dijon France Models of Machinery, Philosophical Instruments, Works in 1837 1837 Manchester UK Organised and held at the Mechanics Institute Fine and Useful Arts, Objects in Natural History and Specimens of British Manufacturers, etc. Author: J C Kristensen Page 2 of 6 Date: 1/5/07 Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs Royal Academy Exhibition 1837-1868 1837-1868 London UK Held annually in six galleries at the east end of the newly built National Gallery. French National Exhibition (9) 1839 1839 Champs Elysees, France Lasted 60 days, with 3,381 exhibitors. Paris French National Exhibition (10) 1844 1844 Champs Elysees, France Lasted 60 days, with 3,960 exhibitors. Paris All German Exhibition 1844 1844 Berlin Germany 3,040 exhibits, 1,932 from Prussia. National Exhibition 1845 1845 Bordeaux France Society of Arts Exhibition 1847 1847 London UK Held in March, in the Great Room of the Society's House, featured 200 exhibits to be the first 'exhibition of select specimens of British manufactures and decorative art.' 20,00 visitors. French National Exhibition (11) 1849 1849 Champs Elysees, France Lasted six months, with 4,532 exhibitors. Proposed to be Paris international in scope but rejected. National Industrial Exhibition 1849 1849 Birmingham UK Held in association with the Mechanics Institute movement at Bingley Hall. Temporary buildings were purpose built and it was held in connection with the annual meeting of the British Association. La Exposicion publica 1850 1850 Madrid Spain The Great Exhibition 1851 1851 London UK Four exhibiting categories: Manufactures, Machinery, Raw Materials and Fine Arts. A total area of 26 acres, with 18 acres under cover. 14,000 exhibitors, with 6,039,500 paying visitors. Cost to organisers £292,750, with £438,200 taken in gate receipts and £67,900 given as a public grant. National Exhibition 1852 1852 Cork Ireland Great International Exhibition 1853 1853 Dublin Ireland Devoted to art and manufacturing. Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. Aka New York's 1853 1854 New York USA Financial failure. President of organising committee, P T World Fair. Barnum. Total area of 5 acres, with 4,000 exhibitors and 1,150,000 visitors. Cost to organisers $640,000 but took $340,000 taken in gate receipts. Loss borne by private company. Exposition Universelle 1855 1855 Paris France First international French Exhibition. A total area of 34 acres, with 24 acres under cover. 24,000 exhibitors, with 4,162,330 visitors. Cost to organisers 11,500,000FR (£450,000), and takes 3,200,000FR (£125,000). Loss borne by state. Author: J C Kristensen Page 3 of 6 Date: 1/5/07 Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs The Art Treasures Exhibition 1857 1857 Manchester UK Regarded as a supplement to the Great Exhibition of 1851. Housed in a building which covered three acres. International Exhibition 1862 1862 London UK A total area of 24 acres, with 23 acres under cover. 28,600 exhibitors, with 6,211,000 visitors. Cost to organisers £459,750, and took £448,600. £11,000 gifted to clear deficit. Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia 1866 1867 Melbourne Australia Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition 1866 1866 York UK International Exhibition 1867 1867 Paris France A total area of 165 acres, plus 50 acres in agricultural annexe, with 35 acres under cover. 42,200 exhibitors, with 11,000 visitors. Cost to organisers 23,400,000FR (£950,000), and took 14,280,000FR (£575,000), with 12,000,000FR (£500,000) grant from state and city. National Exhibition of Works of Art 1868 1868 Leeds UK Exposition des Beaux-Arts Appliqués a l'industrie 1869 1869 Paris France Royal Academy Exhibition 1869 1869 London UK Held at new purpose built premises at Burlington House, with sixteen galleries, allowing 1,500 exhibits. International Exhibition 1870 1870 Sydney Australia International Exhibition 1873 1873 London UK International Exhibition 1873 1873 Vienna Austria A total area of 450 acres, with 60 acres under cover. 42,000 exhibitors, with a total of 7,254,600 visitors, of which 5,058,300 paid. Cost to organiser 58,000,000FR (£2,235,000), and took 11,000,000FR (£450,000). Deficit met by state. Exhibition 1874 1874 London UK Exposition Internationale 1876 1876 Brussels Belgium Centennial Exhibition 1876 1876 Philadelphia USA A total area of 250 acres, with 71 acres under cover. 30,000 exhibitors, with a total of 9,857,600 visitors, of which 8,004,250 paid. Cost to organiser over £8million (£1.7million), and took $4,314,5000 (£900,000) with a grant of $4,210,000 ($875,000) from Congress and State. International Exhibition 1870 1870 Sydney Australia Author: J C Kristensen Page 4 of 6 Date: 1/5/07 Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs International Exhibition 1878 1878 Paris France A total area of 192 acres, with 70 acres under cover. 52,800 exhibitors, with a total of 16,032,750 visitors, of which 13,000,000 paid. Cost to organiser over 55,400,000FR (£2.2million), and took 27,700,000FR (£1.1million) with a grant of $6,000,000 (£250,000) from the city. Balance from the state. Garden Palace Exhibition 1879 1879 Sydney Australia International Exhibition 1880 1880 Melbourne Australia Colonial Exhibition 1881 1881 Adelaide Australia Colonial Exhibition 1881 1881 Perth Australia Colonial Exhibition 1882 1882 Christchurch Australia Fisheries Exhibition 1883 1883 London UK Held at South Kensington. Colonial Exhibition 1883 1883 The Netherlands Devoted primarily to colonialism. International Health Exhibition 1884 1884 London UK Held at South Kensington. Included Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory. Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886 1886 London UK Colonial Exhibition 1887 1887 Adelaide Australia International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art 1888 1888 Glasgow UK Centenary Exhibition 1888 1888 Melbourne Australia International Exhibition 1888 1888 Brussels Belgium Devoted to science and industry.