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A colonial exhibition was a type of international exhibition
World's Fair

Universal Exposition or Expo is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the mid-19th century. They are the third largest event in the world in terms of economic and cultural impact, after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games....
 intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonial empires
Colonialism

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
 during the New Imperialism
New Imperialism

New Imperialism refers to the colony expansion adopted by Europe's power and, later, Japan and the United States, during the 19th and early 20th centuries; approximately from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I ....
 period, which started in the 1880s with the scramble for Africa
Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa, was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the World War I in 1914....
.

The 1924 British Empire Exhibition
British Empire Exhibition

The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley, Middlesex in 1924 and 1925.It was opened by King George V of the United Kingdom on St George?s Day, 23 April....
 was one, as was the successful 1931 Exposition coloniale in Paris, which lasted six months and attracted 34 million visitors.






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1931 Counter Exhibition
1906 Marseilles Colonial Exhibition
A colonial exhibition was a type of international exhibition
World's Fair

Universal Exposition or Expo is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the mid-19th century. They are the third largest event in the world in terms of economic and cultural impact, after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games....
 intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonial empires
Colonialism

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
 during the New Imperialism
New Imperialism

New Imperialism refers to the colony expansion adopted by Europe's power and, later, Japan and the United States, during the 19th and early 20th centuries; approximately from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I ....
 period, which started in the 1880s with the scramble for Africa
Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa, was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the World War I in 1914....
.

The 1924 British Empire Exhibition
British Empire Exhibition

The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley, Middlesex in 1924 and 1925.It was opened by King George V of the United Kingdom on St George?s Day, 23 April....
 was one, as was the successful 1931 Exposition coloniale in Paris, which lasted six months and attracted 34 million visitors. An anti-colonial counter-exhibition was held near the 1931 Colonial Exhibition, titled Truth on the Colonies and was organized by the French Communist Party
French Communist Party

The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. Although its electoral support has greatly declined in recent decades, it remains the largest party in France advocating communist views, and retains a large membership and considerable influence in French politics....
. The first section was dedicated to the crimes made during the colonial conquests, and quoted Albert Londres
Albert Londres

Albert Londres was a France journalist and writer. One of the inventors of investigative journalism, he criticized abuses of colonialism such as forced labour....
 and André Gide
André Gide

Andr? Paul Guillaume Gide was a France author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the Symbolism movement, to the advent of Anti-imperialism between the two World Wars....
's criticisms of forced labour while the second one made an apology of the Soviets' "nationalities' policy" compared to "imperialist colonialism".

Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 also staged colonial exhibitions, as well as Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, which had a Foire coloniale as late as 1948. Human zoo
Human zoo

Human zoos were 19th and 20th century public exhibits of human beings, usually in a "natural" or "primitive" state. The displays often emphasized the cultural differences between Western and non-European peoples....
s were featured in some of these exhibitions, such as in the Parisian 1931 exhibition.

Colonial exhibitions

Exhibitions which may be described as colonial exhibitions include:

  • Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866)
  • Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
  • Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
  • Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
  • Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883)
  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
  • Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894)
  • Exposição Insular e Colonial Portuguesa (1894)
  • Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)
  • United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902)
  • Exposition coloniale (1906)
  • Franco-British Exhibition
    Franco-British Exhibition (1908)

    The Franco-British Exhibition was a large public Expo which took place in London, United Kingdom in the early years of the 20th Century. The exhibition celebrated the Entente Cordiale which had been signed by the United Kingdom and France in 1904 and attracted 8 million visitors....
     (1908)
  • Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)
  • International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
  • Festival of Empire
    Festival of Empire

    The Festival of Empire was held at The Crystal Palace in London in 1911, to celebrate the coronation of King George V of the United Kingdom. It opened on 12 May....
     (1911)
  • Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)
  • British Empire Exhibition
    British Empire Exhibition

    The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley, Middlesex in 1924 and 1925.It was opened by King George V of the United Kingdom on St George?s Day, 23 April....
     (1924)
  • Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (1930)
  • Exposition coloniale internationale (1931)
  • Paris Colonial Exposition
    Paris Colonial Exposition

    The Paris Colonial Expostion was a six-month Colonial Exhibition held in Paris, France, in 1931, that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense resources of French colonial empire possessions....
     (1931)
  • Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
  • Empire Exhibition (1936)
  • Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
    Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938

    Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 was an international World's Fair held at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, from May to December 1938.The Exhibition marked fifty years since Glasgow's first great exhibition, the International Exhibition held at Kelvingrove Park....
  • Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)
  • Exposição do Mundo Português (1940)
  • Foire coloniale (1948)


See also

  • Colonialism
    Colonialism

    Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
  • Human zoo
    Human zoo

    Human zoos were 19th and 20th century public exhibits of human beings, usually in a "natural" or "primitive" state. The displays often emphasized the cultural differences between Western and non-European peoples....
  • List of world's fairs
    List of world's fairs

    This is a list of world's fairs, a comprehensive chronological list of World's Fair . For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions see List of world expositions....


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