An 1891 Prague exhibition for which the grounds of the Old Výstaviště, today's Výstaviště Praha, were built, with the Industrial Palace as their centre.
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The Jubilejní zemská výstava was an exhibition held in Prague in 1891. The grounds of the Old Výstaviště, today's Výstaviště Praha, were built for it. According to the Heritage Catalogue, the grounds were later extended for the Ethnographic Exhibition of 1895, and in 1898 the Exhibition of Architecture and Engineering was held there [1].
The grounds
The basis of the exhibition grounds was a site plan by Bedřich Münzberger and Antonín Wiehl, which was adjusted continually during preparations. The centre of the grounds was the Industrial Palace. The second major building was the machine hall, a pavilion for displaying machinery: a three-aisled structure with an iron frame and wooden side aisles. The grounds were entered through a wooden triumphal arch with two towers, from which a promenade opened towards the palace [1].
The main buildings were of brick or of iron and glass. The medium-sized and smaller buildings combined masonry with timber or were built entirely of wood, in the spirit of the Czech Renaissance or with folk motifs. Among others, František Buldra, Josef Stibral and Josef Vejrych took part in the designs. The grounds were lit by arc lamps by František Křižík [1].
Traces of the exhibition elsewhere in Prague
On the occasion of the exhibition, the line of the Petřín funicular was also built in 1891, running along the site of an old dividing wall between the Seminářská and Nebozízek gardens. According to the Heritage Catalogue, a vase from the Jubilee Exhibition also stands in Petřín park [2].
Sources
- Památkový katalog NPÚ — 9 October 2026
- Národní památkový ústav (Památkový katalog) — 9 October 2026