International Hygiene Exhibition
1911 Dresden | |
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Poster for the exhibition by Franz Stuck | |
Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Visitors | More than 5 million |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 30 |
Location | |
Country | German Empire |
City | Dresden |
Timeline | |
Opening | 6 May 1911 |
The International Hygiene Exhibition was a world's fair focusing on medicine and public health, held in Dresden, Germany, in 1911.[1]
The leading figure organizing the exhibition was German philanthropist and businessman Karl August Lingner [de], who had grown wealthy from his Odol mouthwash brand, and was enthusiastic to educate the public about advances in public health. Lingner had previously organized a public-health exhibition as part of the 1903 Dresden municipal expo, and its success led him to plan a larger endeavor.[1]
The exhibition opened on May 6, 1911, with 30 countries participating, 100 buildings built for the event, and 5 million visitors over its duration. It emphasized accessible visual representations of the body, and a particular sensation were the transparent organs preserved and displayed according to a method devised by Werner Spalteholz.[1]
Following the exhibition, its contents became the permanent German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. Its success spawned several follow-up expos, most notably the 1926 GeSoLei exhibition in Düsseldorf.[1]
Other International Exhibitions of Hygiene were held in:
- 1910: Buenos Aires, Argentina:[2] Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910)
- 1913: Lima, Peru[3]
- 1914: Genoa, Italy[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Klaus Vogel (2004). "The Transparent Man — Some comments on the history of a symbol". In Robert Bud (ed.). Manifesting Medicine. National Museum of Science and Industry. pp. 36–38. ISBN 1-900747-56-1.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1910). "Bulletin of the Pan American Union". XXXI. Union of American Republics: 26, 429–431.
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Further reading
- Thomas Steller: Volksbildungsinstitut und Museumskonzern. Das Deutsche Hygiene-Museum 1912-1930, Bielefeld 2014, online: http://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/publication/2724840.
- Sybilla Nikolow und Thomas Steller: Das lange Echo der Internationalen Hygiene-Ausstellung in: Dresdener Hefte 12 (2011).
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- 1890 Nord West Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie Ausstellung (Bremen)
- 1891 International Electrotechnical Exhibition (Frankfurt)
- 1896 Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
- 1898 Kraft und Arbeitsmaschinen (Munich)
- 1907 Internationale Kunst Ausstellung (Mannheim)
- 1911 International Hygiene Exhibition (Dresden)
- 1914 Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne)
- 1926 Internationale Polizeiausstellung (Berlin)
- 1927 Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling (Stuttgart)
- 1928 Pressa (Cologne)
- 1937 Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (Düsseldorf)
- 1937 Ausstellung (Berlin)
- 1939 Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (Dresden)