International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry |
Visitors | almost 3 million |
Organized by | William Joseph Kinloch-Anderson (vice chair) |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
City | Edinburgh |
Venue | Meggetland |
Timeline | |
Opening | 1 May 1890 |
Closure | 1 November 1890 |
The International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry or Edinburgh International Exhibition [1] was held in 1890 between 1 May and 1 November 1890 [2] in Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Forth Bridge one year earlier. [3]
A horse tram route existed that could transport people from the city centre to Meggetland, to the west Edinburgh, [3] almost 3 million people attended [4] but the exhibition lost money. [3]
The vice chair was Councillor William Joseph Kinloch-Anderson who bought exhibit 299D, a sundial designed by Robert Thomson & Sons masons, and later donated it to the City of Edinburgh when Inverleith Park was opened in 1891. [4]
Souvenirs included glass tumblers [5] [1] and jugs [6] engraved for the purchaser. [6]
International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry |
Visitors | almost 3 million |
Organized by | William Joseph Kinloch-Anderson (vice chair) |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
City | Edinburgh |
Venue | Meggetland |
Timeline | |
Opening | 1 May 1890 |
Closure | 1 November 1890 |
The International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry or Edinburgh International Exhibition [1] was held in 1890 between 1 May and 1 November 1890 [2] in Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Forth Bridge one year earlier. [3]
A horse tram route existed that could transport people from the city centre to Meggetland, to the west Edinburgh, [3] almost 3 million people attended [4] but the exhibition lost money. [3]
The vice chair was Councillor William Joseph Kinloch-Anderson who bought exhibit 299D, a sundial designed by Robert Thomson & Sons masons, and later donated it to the City of Edinburgh when Inverleith Park was opened in 1891. [4]
Souvenirs included glass tumblers [5] [1] and jugs [6] engraved for the purchaser. [6]