Colonial and Indian Exhibition

For colonial exhibitions in general, see Colonial exhibition.

Colonial and Indian Exhibition
The Queen Opening the Colonial and Indian Exhibition: Procession passing the principal entrance to the Indian Palace", The Illustrated London News, May 1886.[1]
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameColonial and Indian Exhibition
AreaSouth Kensington
Visitors5.5 million
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
CityLondon
Jamaica's display at the exhibition.
Linen map of the British Empire that was sold at the exhibition.

The Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 was held in South Kensington in London with the objective to (in the words of the then Prince of Wales) "stimulate commerce and strengthen the bonds of union now existing in every portion of her Majesty's Empire".[2] The exhibition was opened by Queen Victoria, and when it closed had received 5.5 million visitors.[3]

It was housed in a collection of purpose-built buildings designed in an Indian style.[4]

  1. ^ The Illustrated London News, 8 May 1886, p. 478.
  2. ^ Saloni Mathur, India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display (Berkeley: U of California P, 2007), p.57.
  3. ^ "The Jaipur Gate". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ Colonial and Indian Exhibition; Exhibition, Colonial and Indian (1886). Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886 official catalogue (2nd ed.). London: W. Clowes. ISBN 978-0-665-09804-8.