International Fisheries Exhibition

The International Fisheries Exhibition was a Victorian era scientific, cultural, and animal exhibition open in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom, between May 12 and October 31, 1883. One of many world's fairs that took place in the second half of the 19th century, the exhibition was the largest special event held in the world to that point, attracting 2.6 million visitors, an average of 18,545 per day. The grounds of the exhibition encompassed 21 acres (0.085 km²) of the Royal Horticultural Society grounds in South Kensington, site of the 1862 International Exhibition. The exhibitions on display were based upon the Buckland Museum of Economic Fish Culture, a private collection at South Kensington, and were expanded upon by exhibits from 31 countries and colonies. The exhibition attracted attention not only for the variety of fish species and fishing equipment on display, but also for technological achievements like the widespread use of electric lighting.

References

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1883. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885.
"The International Fisheries Exhibition -- Second Paper," Science. Vol. 1, No. 20 (June 22, 1883), pp. 564-565.
Walpole, Spencer. Fisheries Exhibition Literature, 13 volumes. London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1883 and 1884.

List of world's fairs in Ireland and Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain	First Exhibition (1756)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Exposition of British Society (Birmingham) First Exhibition of British Manufacturers Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations Irish Industrial Exhibition Great Industrial Exhibition (1853) Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857 1862 International Exhibition Dublin International Exhibition Annual International Exhibitions (London 1871–74) International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures International Fisheries Exhibition First International Forestry Exhibition International Inventions Exhibition Colonial and Indian Exhibition International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886) American Exhibition Royal Jubilee Exhibition International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry Greater Britain Exhibition Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) Cork International Exhibition (1902) Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition Imperial Austrian Exhibition Irish International Exhibition Franco-British Exhibition (1908) Imperial International Exhibition Japan–British Exhibition Coronation Exhibition Festival of Empire Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry Latin-British Exhibition Anglo-American Exhibition Universal Exhibition (Nottingham) International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	British Empire Exhibition North East Coast Exhibition Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 Festival of Britain Millennium Dome

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