Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
scottish exhibition national history art industry held glasgow third international exhibition held glasgow scotland late th early th century exhibition followed lead previous two exhibition glaswegian exhibition glasgow international exhibition took place kelvingrove park ran may november recorded million visit aim event fund chair scottish history literature university glasgow exhibition prospectus quoting resolution march meeting time fully arrived scottish history placed differing plane hitherto occupied education rising generation although size national exhibition largely similar international predecessor garnered little attention londonbased national press fair held close river kelvin structured around stewart memorial included palace history based falkland palace industry art concert hall aviation building well exhibit decorative art site used east event excluded kelvingrove art gallery museum entertainment included boat trip aerial railway highland village cairn marking village remains addition highlander highland village event also featured display people lapland west africa latter comprised around individual including child equatorial africa french congo dahomey sudan performance religious ceremony singing dancing popular despite objection time inclusion human exhibit lowered serious quality exhibition language exhibition pamphlet souvenir visit west african colony reveals racist attitude toward group primitive unclean discussed country mainly term benefit brought colonising country land upon exhibition sat still use kelvingrove park profit fair successfully funded establishment chair scottish history literature university glasgow post originally filled robert rait neil munro give satirical account visit erchie macpherson wife jinnet exhibition story macphersons ex first published glasgow evening news th may international exhibition science art industry glasgow international exhibition empire exhibition scotland glasgow garden festival site map photo university overlooking exhibition site part way construction