Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
| 1896 Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | Berliner Gewerbe Ausstellung |
| Building(s) | Archenhold Observatory |
| Invention(s) | X-ray |
| Visitors | 7,000,000 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Business | 3,780 |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Venue | Treptower Park |
| Coordinates | 52°29′25″N 13°28′12″E / 52.49028°N 13.47000°E |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | 1 May 1896 |
| Closure | 15 October 1896 |
| expositions | |
| Previous | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| Next | Brussels International (1897) in Brussels |
The Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin 1896 (German: Große Berliner Gewerbeausstellung 1896) was a large exposition that has also been dubbed "the impeded world fair (Die verhinderte Weltausstellung)".
Under the official name of a Berlin Industrial Exposition (German "Berliner Gewerbeausstellung") - borrowing the name from earlier exhibitions - the Universal Exposition of Berlin took place between 1 May and 15 October 1896 in the Treptow borough of Berlin.
The exposition featured one of the largest and longest Great refractors up-to that time, and it was preserved after the exposition and survived to the 21st century.