Sydney International Exhibition Medal
date: label: Date made
content: 1879-1880
notes: label: Description
content: Award medal from the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition. The medal features the image of New South Wales holding a colonial shield in front of the Exposition's Garden Palace.
label: Description
content: The 1879 Sydney International Exhibition was the first World's Fair held in the then British colony of Australia. Held on 15 acres of The Domain, the Exhibition, running from September 1879 to April 1880, attracted over 1,117,500 visitors. 23 nations were present, showcasing developments in arts and industries. The centerpiece of the Exhibition was the Garden Palace, which was later destroyed in a fire in 1881.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Australia: New South Wales
label: Associated Place
content: Australia: New South Wales, City of Sydney
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: International Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.0477
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0477
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; x 7.62 cm