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Before World War Two, in a time before the internet (or even colour television) one of the major ways that companies would reach audiences in order to show off their latest and most exciting products was through a rash of '''national exhibitions''' that flourished in the UK between the start of the century and the end of the 1930s.
These exhibitions were partly inspired by Victoria and Albert's '''The Great Exhibition''' of 1851, and were encouraged by the ongoing series of successful exhibitions abroad, such as the 1900 '''Paris Exhibition''' at which [[W.J. Bassett-Lowke]] first made contact with [[Bing]].
Post-war, the British government had a major push to try to raise national morale with the '''Festival of Britain''' (1951).
In 2000, the government attempted to recapture some of this excitement with '''The Millennium Experience''' (2000), which was widely perceived as a flop.
As of 2015, a number of long-running and historically important yearly exhibitions such as the '''[[Model Engineer Exhibition]]''' and the '''Ideal Home Exhibition''' are still running. 
 
==Bassett-Lowke==
This craze for using exhibitions as a major commercial communications medium was good news for '''[[Bassett-Lowke Ltd]].''', whose network of modelmakers fluent in using a range of materials meant that they were ideally placed to capitalise on companies' desires to have something that they could put on show. While companies that produced cars or home furnishings could easily show off their actual products (contributing to the success of the Ideal Home Exhibition), Railway companies couldn't easily show off their latest locomotives, shipping companies couldn't show off their new ships, and rebuilding projects couldn't show off their architecture and layouts for real – this is where Bassett-Lowke could offer a one-stop service to produce almost any type of exhibition model, often through their specialist offshoot '''[[Twinings Ltd]].'''.   
==incomplete list==
* The Great Exhibition (1851)
* Imperial Services Exhibition (1913) (introduced BL waterline ships properly)
* Imperial Services Exhibition (1913) (introduced BL waterline ships properly)
* British Empire Exhibition (1924)
* British Empire Exhibition (1924)
* British Exhibition
* British Exhibition
* Model Engineer Exhibition
* Model Engineer Exhibition
* Ideal Home Exhibition
* Festival of Britain (1951)
* Festival of Britain (1951)
* Millennium Dome
* Millennium Experience

Revision as of 11:02, 13 October 2015

Before World War Two, in a time before the internet (or even colour television) one of the major ways that companies would reach audiences in order to show off their latest and most exciting products was through a rash of national exhibitions that flourished in the UK between the start of the century and the end of the 1930s.

These exhibitions were partly inspired by Victoria and Albert's The Great Exhibition of 1851, and were encouraged by the ongoing series of successful exhibitions abroad, such as the 1900 Paris Exhibition at which W.J. Bassett-Lowke first made contact with Bing.

Post-war, the British government had a major push to try to raise national morale with the Festival of Britain (1951).

In 2000, the government attempted to recapture some of this excitement with The Millennium Experience (2000), which was widely perceived as a flop.

As of 2015, a number of long-running and historically important yearly exhibitions such as the Model Engineer Exhibition and the Ideal Home Exhibition are still running.

Bassett-Lowke

This craze for using exhibitions as a major commercial communications medium was good news for Bassett-Lowke Ltd., whose network of modelmakers fluent in using a range of materials meant that they were ideally placed to capitalise on companies' desires to have something that they could put on show. While companies that produced cars or home furnishings could easily show off their actual products (contributing to the success of the Ideal Home Exhibition), Railway companies couldn't easily show off their latest locomotives, shipping companies couldn't show off their new ships, and rebuilding projects couldn't show off their architecture and layouts for real – this is where Bassett-Lowke could offer a one-stop service to produce almost any type of exhibition model, often through their specialist offshoot Twinings Ltd..

incomplete list

  • The Great Exhibition (1851)
  • Imperial Services Exhibition (1913) (introduced BL waterline ships properly)
  • British Empire Exhibition (1924)
  • British Exhibition
  • Model Engineer Exhibition
  • Ideal Home Exhibition
  • Festival of Britain (1951)
  • Millennium Experience

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