People, exhibits and prizewinners at key intercolonial and international exhibitions 1854-1889, and the buildings that housed Victorian exhibitions.

4 weeks ago - 1854 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))

People, exhibits and prizewinners at key intercolonial and international exhibitions 1854-1889, and the buildings that housed Victorian exhibitions. ... This exhibition opened on 1 August 1888 and closed on 31 January 1889. Official record of the Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, ...

Internally, it was a field of light – being filled with almost 200 large windows and a roof largely made of glass. The first exhibition, in 1854, opened for 30 days and was visited by 40,000 people.

It is proper to observe that the ... the Institute ... The 1854 MELBOURNE EXHIBITION Building was opened in preparation for Australia's first industrial exhibition....

December 2, 2024 - In the period prior to the Second World War, important expositions were also held outside Europe, for instance in New York (1853/1854, 1939/1940), Philadelphia (1876, 1926), Sydney(1879/1880), Melbourne (1880/1881, 1888/1889), Chicago (1893, 1933/1934), St. Louis (1904), San Francisco (1894, 1915, 1939/1940) and elsewhere.

August 7, 2025 - Louis, Atlas Obscura’s ongoing tour of Worlds’ Fair relics now moves further south. Royal Exhibition Building, 1880 (courtesy Royal Exhibition Building) Melbourne’s 1880 International Exhibition was the first officially-recognized World’s Fair in the Southern Hemisphere, after a smaller agricultural fair one year earlier in Sydney.

The city of Melbourne, located in the Australian territory of Victoria, hosted a World Exhibition between October 1880 and April 1881.

History of the Melbourne International Exhibition, the second Australian World's Fair, in 1880 and 1881.

October 1, 2025 - The Exhibition Building, constructed in 1880 for the Melbourne International Exhibition, was extended and reused. The Centennial Exhibition focused on Australia itself, and emphasised music and painting that attracted many visitors. However the Exhibition was not recognised by the Bureau of International Expositions as a "world's fair".

March 30, 2024 - The Melbourne International Exhibition is the eighth World's fair officially recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and the first official World's Fair in the Southern Hemisphere.

The International Exhibition ran from 1 October 1880 to 30 April 1881. The exhibition building that still stands was constructed for the occasion, designed by Joseph Reed and built by David Mitchell.

1 week ago - 1876 – Philadelphia: The Centennial ... is still in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and serving as the new home for the Please Touch Museum. The space under the entrance to Memorial Hall houses a scale model of the entire Exposition. 1880 – Melbourne: The World Heritage–listed ...

Quick List of All Expos 1st World's Fair in History London 1851 Melbourne 1880-1 St.

The first World Expo in Australia was not particularly strong in the quality of arts exhibited, but played an important role in connecting Australia with Europe. ... The 12,000m2 Royal Exhibition Building, designed by architect Joseph Reed, was later expanded to host the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888, and briefly served as the home of the Australian Parliament.

March 18, 2009 - The period between 1880 and World War I was a golden age of fairs, with more than 40 international expositions held in locations as varied as Australia (Melbourne, Victoria, 1888; and Hobart, Tasmania, 1894–95), Guatemala (Guatemala City, 1897), and Hanoi (1902–03; then located in French Indochina, now the capital of Vietnam).

Whilst the fair closed officially on 20th April 1880, it provided the colony of New South Wales (NSW) with new cultural and educational institutions, improved international trade relations, and cultivated a strong international presence. Swiftly following Sydney’s success, the BIE-recognised 1880/81 Melbourne International Exhibition took place in the city’s Carlton Gardens, where the celebrated Exhibition Building (designed by Joseph Reed) with its Florence Cathedral replica dome was situated.

September 8, 2024 - The exhibition was not financially successful. After a delayed opening due to construction delays, the fair lost $100,000 in its first year. Showman P. T. Barnum was brought in to turn things around, but when the fair closed in November 1854, total losses amounted to $340,000.

1853-1854 · New York, New York, U.S.A. Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations · x New York Crystal Palace Exhibition · x World's Fair of the Works of Industry of All Nations · 1854 · Munich, Germany · Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung · x Allgemeine Ausstellung deutscher Industrie- und Gewerbes- Erzeungnisse ·

<nowiki>Exposición Universal de Melbourne; メルボルン万国博覧会; Exposition universelle de 1880; Världsutställningen 1880–81; Verdensutstillingen i Melbourne; Wereldtentoonstelling van 1880; Exposició Universal de Melbourne; Всемирная выставка 1880 года; Melbourne International Exhibition; Exibição Internacional de 1880; Melbourne International Exhibition; Expo 1880; 1880年世界博覽會; Melbourne International Exhibition; esposizione universale tenutasi a Melbourne nel 1880; 1880年にメルボルンで開催された国際博覧会; die achte vom Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) anerkannte Weltausstellung.