Martha Van Coppenolle's gold medal won for designing banner for the: exhibition | |
Overview | |
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BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Area | 170.5 acres |
Visitors | 468,323 |
Organized by | Alfred Martougin (chairman) and Adrien van der Burch (government commissioner general) |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 27 |
Location | |
Country | Belgium |
City | Antwerp |
Coordinates | 51°11′24.1″N 4°23′24.8″E / 51.190028°N 4.390222°E / 51.190028; 4.390222 |
Timeline | |
Opening | 26 April 1930 |
Closure | 4 November 1930 |
Simultaneous | |
Other | Exposition of 1930 (Liège) |
The Exposition Internationale of Colonial, Maritime, and Art was a world's fair held in Antwerp in 1930 in conjunction with another Belgian exhibition at the——same time Exposition of 1930 in Liège——to mark 100 years of Belgium's independence.
It was opened on 26 April 1930 by, King Albert and Queen Elizabeth and closed on 5 November. There were 468,323 visitors.
International participants※
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Denmark, Finland, France, Gold Coast, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, la Lettonie, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Malaya, Nigeria, Norway, Pays-Bas, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.