1892–1893 Madrid
The United States section of the main hall
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameHistorical American Exposition
Building(s)Biblioteca Nacional de España/National Archaeological Museum of Spain
Area5,000 square metres (0.50 ha)[1]
Organized byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo[1]
Participant(s)
Countries19
Location
CountrySpain
CityMadrid
Coordinates40°25′24″N 3°41′20″W / 40.423333°N 3.688889°W / 40.423333; -3.688889
Timeline
Opening30 October 1892
Closure31 January 1893

The 1892 Historical American Exposition held in Madrid was intended to mark the four hundredth year of the discovery of America.[2]

Participants

Several countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay and USA participated,[3] along with the Captaincy General of Cuba and Spain herself.[3]

Costa Rica

The Costa Rica exhibit was organised by the National Museum of Costa Rica director Anastasio Alfaro and included over 1000 relics from an 1891 excavation of a cemetery at Guayabo de Turrialba. After the Madrid exhibition, much of the Costa Rican display was taken to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.[3]

Mexico

The Mexican exhibit was curated by Francisco del Paso y Troncoso and included models of the El Tajín, Xochicalco, and Teuchitlan pyramids and of the complete Cempoala site.[4]

Spain

The Spanish section had many artefacts loaned from the National Archaeological Museum of Spain including the Troano codex[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Watters, David R (2008). "Miadrid 1892". In Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D (eds.). Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  2. ^ "Cronología. National Library of Spain". 2014-08-11. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Watters, D.R. & Zamora, O.F., (2005). "World's Fairs and Latin American Archaeology: Costa Rica at the 1892 Madrid Exposition". Bulletin of the History of Archaeology. 15(1), pp.4–11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bha.15102
  4. ^ "Paper: Modeling Prehispanic Architecture at the Exposición Histórico-Americana, Madrid, 1892 (128th Annual Meeting (January 2-5, 2014))". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ United States. Commission to the Madrid Exposition, 1892 (1895). "Department of Spain. National Museum of Archaeology". Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid 1892-1893. Washington Government Printing Office. pp. 57–62.((cite book)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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