Howes argues that a new Great Exhibition should aim to “recapture the spirit” of the 1851 Great Exhibition – the original World’s Fair – with an explicit focus on: showcasing the latest ...

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the idea of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who wanted to show off the work of the best inventors and scientists in the land.

The World Fair of 1889 was a perfect moment for Mexico to introduce itself to the world, so to speak, and it made a memorable ...

The interior of the Crystal Palace in London during the Great Exhibition of 1851. As Victoria wanders among the displays at the 1851 Great Exhibition, she stops to marvel at a penknife with 83 blades.

This image first appeared in Henry Mayhew’s 1851 or The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to ‘Enjoy Themselves,’ and to See the Great Exhibition (London: David ...

News Published: 01 June 1935 Report of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 Nature 135, 928 (1935) Cite this article ...

For some cause, our representation in the Exhibition of 1851, however well we may have appeared in a few departments, was anything but creditable as a whole; and for the particular cause that we ...

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the idea of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who wanted to show off the work of the best inventors and scientists in the land.