Expo 58
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Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the first major world's fair
View of the exhibition's main avenue and gondola lift towards the Atomium
The Atomium, a landmark of Brussels, was built for Expo 58.
The Philips Pavilion was built to house a multimedia spectacle.
The Centenary Palace served as the exhibition's entrance hall.
Human zoo
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Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, was a practice of publicly displaying people. In some cases these displays were voluntary on the part of people who willingly agreed, while in other
Expo 58
…Belgian Congo section was, above all, intended to display the "civilizing" work of Belgian colonialism. The village indigène is of the most notable "human zoos" of the 20th century. The Congolese recognised the village indigène as a human zoo. The Ministry of Colonies built the Congolese exhibit, intending to…
Poster for an anthropological exhibition in Paris, c. 1870
Ad for a Carl Hagenbeck show (1886)
Ad for an 1893–1894 ethnological exposition of Sámi in Hamburg-Saint Paul
A caricature of Saartjie Baartman, called the Hottentot Venus. Born to a Khoisan family, she was displayed in European cities in the early 19th century.