| 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:
| Kingdom of Bavaria | |
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| German Empire |
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| German Reich |
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| West Germany | |
| Germany | |
| International | |
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| National | |
