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The first colonial exhibition, in Victoria, Australia, in 1866, was the progeny of 25 years of similar exhibitions held in Melbourne, in which other colonies within the Australian continent participated. Perhaps the most notable colonial exhibition was the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, which lasted six months and sold 33 million tickets. [1]
Inauguration of the Musée des colonies during the Exposition Bird's eye view of the exhibition grounds The replica of the Cambodian temple at Angkor Wat. The Paris Colonial Exhibition (or "Exposition coloniale internationale", International Colonial Exhibition) was a six-month colonial exhibition held in Paris, France, in 1931 that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense ...
The International Colonial and Export Exhibition (Dutch: Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling; French: Exposition Universelle Coloniale et d'Exportation Générale) was a colonial exhibition (a type of World's Fair) held in Amsterdam from May 1 to October 1, 1883. The event drew at least a million visitors and was the first ...
Jamaica's display at the exhibition. Linen map of the British Empire that was sold at the exhibition. The Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 was held in South Kensington in London with the objective to (in the words of the then Prince of Wales) "stimulate commerce and strengthen the bonds of union now existing in every portion of her Majesty's Empire". [2]
The Exposition universelle, internationale et coloniale was a world's fair including a colonial exhibition held at Parc de la Tête d'or in Lyon, France in 1894.The exposition drew unwanted attention with the assassination of French President Sadi Carnot by the Anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio, during his visit on 24 June 1894; he died the day after.
A group of Igorot displayed during the St. Louis World's Fair [1] [2] Natives of Tierra del Fuego, brought to the Paris World's Fair by the Maître in 1889. Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were a colonial practice of publicly displaying people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. [3]
The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley Park, London England from 23 April to 1 November 1924 and from 9 May to 31 October 1925. [1]
Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg; Empire Exhibition, Scotland; Empire Exhibition, South Africa; Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand; Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne; Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894) Exposition Universelle (1889)