Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand
 Martha Van Coppenolle's gold medal won for designing banner for the exhibition | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Area | 170.5 acres[1] |
| Visitors | 468,323 |
| Organized by | Alfred Martougin (chairman) and Adrien van der Burch (government commissioner general) |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 27[a] |
| Location | |
| Country | Belgium |
| City | Antwerp |
| Coordinates | 51°11′24.1″N 4°23′24.8″E / 51.190028°N 4.390222°E |
| 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[2][3] to mark 100 years of Belgium's independence.[3]
It was opened on 26 April 1930 by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth and closed on 5 November.[1] There were 468,323 visitors.[3]
International participants
[edit]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.[a]
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