1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition Souvenir Medal
date: label: Date made
content: 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Medal from the Barcelona Universal Exposition. The medal features a crowned female on one side and the Exposition's Palace of Industry on the other. Between April and December 1888 over 2 million people visited the Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain’s first World’s Fair. Held on 115 acres of what is now Ciutadella Park, the Fair featured 27 participating nations, including the United States. The Exposition is noted for it’s celebration of the region’s Catalan culture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Spain: Catalonia, Barcelona
label: Associated Place
content: Spain: Catalonia, Barcelona
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Exposicion Universal
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: 1989.0438.0498
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0498
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm