The Paris World Exposition 1867  
Year: | 1867 | City: | Paris | Country: | France | Duration: | 1st April - 3rd November 1867
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Facts and Figures
Official designation: Exposition universelle de Paris 1867
Innovations:
Classification system
Thematic orientation of the exhibition - "The History of Labour"
Nations´ Pavilions
Technical innovations: e.g. hydraulic elevator, reinforced concrete (Patented by Joseph Monier)
Duration: 1st April – 3rd November 1867, 217 days
Opening on 1st April by Emperor Napoleon III.
Venue Parc du Champ-de-Mars,
Ile de Billancourt
Area 68.7 hectares, of which 15.3 hectares for the palace, of whose exhibition area almost half was reserved for France
Landmark Exhibition palace on the Champ de Mars
Organisation Imperial commission
with 60 members, divided into 11 special committees
Chairperson
Prince Napoleon, cousin of the emperor; replaced by the crown prince as Honorary President
Commissioner General Senator Frédéric Le Play
Architects Jean Baptiste Krantz for the palace, Adolphe Alfant for the park,
Charles de Chennevières for the art exhibition
Participants 41 countries
Exhibitors 52,000, of which 15,969 from France
Theme The History of Labour
Visitors between 11,000,000 and 15,000,000
Costs Expenses of 22,984,000 FF
Income of 26,114,000 FF,
of which 9,283,967 FF was admittance money
Profit 3,130,000 FF
Financing 6 million FF subsidies from each of state and city, 8 million FF through subscription issue
Classification 10 groups and 95 classes
Juries 570 members, of whom 260 were French
Prizes 19,776 prizes, of which there were 66 Grands Prix and 1,143 gold medals; in the field of fine arts 139 awards, of which there were 17 Grands Prix and 33 first prizes;
France received a total of 10,103 prizes
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