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Edinburgh Events Exhibitions, Royal Visits, etc. |
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This page gives the dates of some of Edinburgh's major Exhibitions and Royal Visits. |
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Exhibitions Edinburgh has hosted many exhibitions, including some major International Exhibitions in the 19th century, some with photographic sections. Exhibitions were popular subjects for photographs and postcards. Marshall Wane and other Edinburgh photographers recorded these exhibitions. |
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Royal Visits Royal Review visits were made to Edinburgh in the 19th Century and early 20th Century to review the troops in Holyrood Park. These visits were photographed by several Edinburgh photographers, but some of the results were disappointing, probably due to the poor weather and the rush to produce photographs and postcards for sale in a short timescale. Other Royal Visits to Edinburgh, in the early 20th Century followed the Coronations of:
- King Edward VII: 1903 The streets were decorated, and postcards of these visits were produced. |
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Calton Hill Sculptures |
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1825-1852 - Sculpture Exhibition on Calton Hill The Lanarkshire sculptor, Robert Forrest (1790-1852) displayed his work in the open air on Calton Hill from 1825 until his death. At least two of his exhibits were photographed by the early Edinburgh photographer, Thomas Begbie. |
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Board of Trade Exhibitions These were designated 'International Exhibitions'. |
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1882 - International Fisheries Exhibition This exhibition was held at Waverley Market in Central Edinburgh beside Waverley Station. This was a venue for many exhibitions until it was redeveloped as a shopping centre in the late 20th Century. |
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1884 - International Exhibition of Forestries & Wood Craft This exhibition was held at Donaldson's Hospital, later to become Donaldson's School for the Deaf, but now [2003] sold to a developer to be converted into residential apartments. The site is about a mile from the West End of Princes Street, on the road to the west beyond Haymarket. |
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1886 - International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry This exhibition was held at the Meadows and included a reconstruction buildings in Old Edinburgh. Please click on the image below to see a selection of views from this exhibition, photographed by Marshall Wane Several of the items from the exhibition are still to be found around Edinburgh, including the Jawbone Arch at the Meadows, the Brass Founders pillar at Nicolson Square and the Canon on Calton Hill. Please click here for more details of the 1886 Exhibition |
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1888 - [No Edinburgh Exhibition]: International Exhibitions had been held in Edinburgh every two years, but now it was Glasgow's turn to host the International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry |
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1890 - International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry This exhibition marked the opening of the Forth Rail Bridge in 1889 The exhibition was held at Meggetland, to the west of Central Edinburgh, in a rather bleak area between Edinburgh University and the Merchant's Company. There was a good horse-tram route from the City Centre, but the visitors found the journey to be tiresome. The exhibition lost money and was the last International Exhibition that Edinburgh ever ran. |
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When?
- International Exhibition of Electrical
Engineering and |
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With acknowledgement to Stanley Hunter for providing some of the details above, and to the City Art Centre for details of the 18886 Exhibition exhibits. |
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Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom 1892 |
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The Photogrpahic Convention of the United Kingdom met in a different location each year. In 1892, they met in Edinburgh. |
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Edinburgh Industrial Exhibition 1901 |
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Questions Can you tell me anything about this exhibition? - Where and when was it held? - How large was the exhibition - Did it have a large photographic section? If you can answer these questions or any other questions or tell me anything else about the exhibition, please email me. Thank you. |
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Photography Medals Thank you to David Likar, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for allowing me to reproduce these medals awarded for photography at the Edinburgh Industrial Exhibition 1901: Gold Medal Silver Medal |
Royal Visit King Edward VII close to the start of his reign 1903 |
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cards of this event were produced by: |
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Royal Review King Edward VII 18 September 1905 |
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Post cards of the Royal Review were were produced by several photographers, all keen to have their postcards on sale as soon as possible following the event. I have seen postcards of the Royal Review in the following series:
- Albany Series |
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Saughton Park - 1908 Edinburgh originally intended to hold an International Exhibition to mark the bi-centenary of the Union of Scotland & England in 1907 but Dublin had already organised an International Exhibition that year. So Edinburgh, instead, held its Scottish National Exhibition. It opened on 1 May 1908 at Saughton Park. The architect of the 1908 Exhibition in Edinburgh went on to design the 1911 Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry in Kelvingrove Park
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Exhibits moved to Portobello When the exhibition closed, its 'Figure of Eight' Railway was dismantled and re-erected on a site at Portobello beside the Firth of Forth. Some of the animals and the other buildings also moved to Portobello when the 1908 Exhibition closed. This provided Portobello with a small zoo at the funfair and an indoor skating rink. The 1908 Exhibition included a Senegalese village. Its inhabitants were unable to stay in Edinburgh following the exhibition. However a Somali village was created in Portobello. |
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With acknowledgement to Stanley Hunter for some of the details above. |
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Royal Visit King George V close to the start of his reign 1911 |
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Many postcards were produced showing the progress of King George V through Edinburgh during this visit. |
OTHER EXHIBITIONS