Exposition Universelle d'Anvers

The Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, also known as Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, was a World's fair held in Antwerp, Belgium, between May 2 and November 2 in 1885. It covered 54.3 acres (220,000 m2), attracted 3.5 million visits and broke even[1] after spending 4 million Belgian francs [2] There were 25 official participating nations including: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Kingdom of Romania, the United States and some South American states.[2] Australian wool growers sent exhibitions and won prizes.[3]

Poster designed by Frans Van Kuyck

Taking place 20 years after the accession of Leopold II of Belgium, and the same year of the creation of the Congo Free State, the fair was the first in which a Congolese village was displayed, a feature that also appeared in the later 1897 Brussels fair.[4]

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References
  1. Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberley D. "Appendix B:Fair Statistics". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  2. Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberley D. "Antwerp 1885". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  3. Launceston Examiner newspaper, Tasmania, Monday 26 October 1885. p. 2.
  4. Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberley D. "Antwerp 1885". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.


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