Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers

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Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameExhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers
Visitors100 000
Location
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
City Birmingham
VenueTemporary building in Bingley House grounds
Coordinates 52°28′44.40″N1°54′38.84″W / 52.4790000°N 1.9107889°W / 52.4790000; -1.9107889
Timeline
Opening3 September 1849
Closure15 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]

Contents

Visitors

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

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]

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