Brussels International Exposition Medal Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1897
notes: label: Description
content: The 1897 Brussels International Exposition (EXPOSITION INTERNATIONAL BRUXELLES) was a World’s Fair held in Belgium between May and November at two separate sites. The host city’s Parc du Cinquantenaire held the majority of the Fair’s exhibitions and attractions, and the suburb of Tevuren hosted <i>The Palace of the Colonies </i> where lamentable ethnographic displays related to the Congo Free State were presented. Over 25 countries participated in the Exposition, including the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Brussels
label: Associated Place
content: Belgium: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles
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: 1989.0438.0815.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0815.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1897NM02.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Container (Box and Lid)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 3 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.62 cm