The Exposition Universelle of 1855, better known in English as the 1855 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, from 15 May to 15 November 1855. Its full offi
Palais de l'Industrie
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The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London,
Exposition Universelle (1855)
…housed the Panorama National. The exposition was a major event in France, then newly under the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. It followed London's Great Exhibition of 1851 and attempted to surpass that fair's Crystal Palace with its own Palais de l'Industrie. The arts displayed were shown in a separate pavilion…
The Great Exhibition 1851
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851
Paxton's Crystal Palace enclosed full-grown trees in Hyde Park.
The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria by Henry Courtney Selous