Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society of Arts was involved in the organisation of the Great Exhibition from the earliest stages. One of its main roles had been to raise money.

The Royal Society of Arts grew as an organisation partly as a result of its involvement with the Great Exhibition. It offered Foreign Commissioners full use of the Adelphi rooms (the London home of the Society) during their visits to London. After the Great Exhibition, it made the Foreign Commissioners corresponding members, thereby swelling its membership.