Loan Exhibition of Women's Industries

[1] It highlighted the work of women, aiming to give them improved representation and encourage others to better appreciate them.

Inspired by a previous Bristol exhibition called the Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition the previous year, Helen Blackburn formed a committee to organise an exhibition to encourage "opportunities afforded women for scientific study and technical training" who began contacting local women's societies and employers around the country.

[3] The exhibition ran from 26 February to the end of April 1885 and was located at the Queen's Villa in the Clifton suburb of Bristol.

Exhibitions at the event included oil paintings, pottery, architecture, floral displays, and metalwork.

[2] Attendees complained that there often wasn't sufficient space for visitors, with the Pall Mall Gazette commenting that "every nook and corner of the moderate sized house in which the Exhibition is held is full".