Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers

Overview
BIE-class| Unrecognized exposition
Name| Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers
Visitors| 100 000
Location
Country| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
City| Birmingham
Venue| Temporary building in Bingley House grounds
Coordinates| 52°28′44.40″N 1°54′38.84″W﻿ / ﻿52.4790000°N 1.9107889°W﻿ / 52.4790000; -1.9107889
Timeline
Opening| 3 September 1849
Closure| 15 December 1849

The Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers was held in 1849 in Birmingham[1] between 3 September until 15 December 1849.[2] It was held in a temporary two storey building in the grounds of the former Bingley House.[2]

## Visitors

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There were 100 000 visitors, including Charles Darwin and Robert Stephenson.[2] Prince Albert, who was already planning an 1851 exhibition with Henry Cole, visited on 1 November,[2] and got the model for the Great Exhibition in 1851.[3]

## Displays

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There were 131 displays in the main hall.[2] There was a 2 tier, 20 feet high candelabrum from Osler.[2][4] Hardman & Co., in collaboration with Augustus Pugin displayed church furniture and stained glass.[2] Chance Brothers showed three large painted windows, intended eventually for the church at Warstone Lane Cemetery.[2] Cadbury Brothers showed cocoa, chicory, homeopathic cocoa, chocolate including vanilla eating chocolate.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Industrial Exhibitions". Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Prinsen, Jo, PRECURSOR OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BIRMINGHAM'S EXPOSITION IN 1849
3. ^ "History West Midlands | Precursor to The Great Exhibition". Retrieved 12 May 2021.
4. ^ "Wilkinson - Osler & Faraday". Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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List of world's fairs in Ireland and Great Britain

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* First Exhibition (1760)

United Kingdom of
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* Exposition of British Society
* Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers (Birmingham, 1849)
* Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (London, 1851)
* Irish Industrial Exhibition (Cork, 1852)
* Great Industrial Exhibition (1853) (Dublin)
* Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857
* 1862 International Exhibition (London)
* International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (Dublin, 1865)
* Annual International Exhibition (London, 1871–1874)
* Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (1872)
* International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (Dublin, 1874)
* International Fisheries Exhibition (London, 1883)
* First International Forestry Exhibition
* International Inventions Exhibition
* Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
* International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
* Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition
* International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry
* American Exhibition (1887)
* International Agricultural Exhibition (Kilburn, 1879)
* Royal Jubilee Exhibition
* International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry (Glasgow 1888)
* International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry (Edinburgh 1890)
* Greater Britain Exhibition
* Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
* Cork International Exhibition
* Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition
* Imperial Austrian Exhibition
* Irish International Exhibition
* Franco-British Exhibition
* Imperial International Exhibition
* Japan–British Exhibition
* Coronation Exhibition
* Festival of Empire
* Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
* Latin-British Exhibition
* Anglo-American Exhibition
* Bristol International Exhibition
* Universal Exhibition (Nottingham)
* International Rubber, Tropical Products and Allied Industries ExhibitionInternational Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products

United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland|

* British Empire Exhibition
* North East Coast Exhibition
* Empire Exhibition, Scotland
* Festival of Britain
* Millennium Dome
* UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK

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