Chilean International Exhibition

Coordinates: 33°26′32″S 70°40′55″W / 33.44217°S 70.68184°W / -33.44217; -70.68184
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Chilean International Exhibition
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameChilean International Exhibition
Building(s)Chilean National Museum of Natural History
Organized byNational Agricultural Society
Participant(s)
Countries20
Location
CountryChile
CitySantiago
VenueQuinta Normal Park
Coordinates33°26′32″S 70°40′55″W / 33.44217°S 70.68184°W / -33.44217; -70.68184
Timeline
Opening16 September 1875
Closure16 January 1876

The Chilean International Exhibition was a world's fair[1] held in Quinta Normal Park,[2] Santiago, between 16 September 1875[3] and 16 January 1876 to show Chilean people recent technological and scientific advances.[2]

Organisation[edit]

The event was organised by the National Agricultural Society, opened by the president Federico Errázuriz Zañartu,[3] and originally scheduled to run until 31 December 1875, but it was extended to 16 January 1876.

Location and buildings[edit]

The fair took place on what is now the Quinta Normal Park with a central permanent palace, which is now the Chilean National Museum of Natural History).[4] There were two long buildings, which formed the machinery gallery and the Rose Innes pavilion, housing threshing machines, a restaurant and a pavilion each for Belgium and France.[4]

Participants[edit]

Foreign countries who participated were Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Switzerland, The United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.[5]

Exhibitors[edit]

Exhibitors included the Chilean painter Onofre Jarpa who won a medal.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pelle, Findling, ed. (2008). "Appendix D:Fairs Not Included". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  2. ^ a b "Guía Urbana de Santiago: Parque Quinta Normal, Plataforma Urbana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL DE CHILE (in Spanish), retrieved 28 March 2017
  4. ^ a b Juan Davud Murillo Sandoval. "DE LO NATURAL Y LO NACIONAL. REPRESENTACIONES DE LA NATURALEZA EXPLOTABLE EN LA EXPOSICIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE CHILE DE 1875". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "La Exposición Internacional de 1875 - Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Jarpa Labra, Onofre (1849-1940). » MCNBiografias.com". Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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