International Fisheries Exhibition

International Fisheries Exhibition
Picture Gallery
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	International Fisheries Exhibition
Area	21 acres (0.085 km2)
Visitors	2.6 million
Organized by	Frank Cundall (Assitannt secretary)
Participant(s)
Countries	31 (countries and colonies)
Location
Country	United Kingdom
City	South Kensington, London
Venue	Royal Horticultural Society grounds in South Kensington
Timeline
Opening	12 May 1883
Closure	31 October 1883

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. (The busiest day was May 15, when the official visitor count was over 25,000.^[1]) One of many world's fairs that took place in the second half of the nineteenth 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. Many of 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 thirty-one 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 such as the widespread use of electric lighting.