Plaque

Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NE

Erection date: /5/2011

Inscription

British Isles & Empire exhibitors: 7381
Foreign exhibitors: 6556
Number of exhibits: over 100,000
Duration of exhibition: 5½
Visitors: 6,039,205
Cheapest ticket: 1 shilling

The Great Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations & Crystal Palace building
Hyde Park 1851

Site: Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NE (1 memorial)

SW7

See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NE

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Great Exhibition

From the V&A website: "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of a...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NE

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The Royal Parks

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Virginia Nimarkoh

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