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[[Image:1931 Counter Exhibition.jpg|thumb|right|Counter exposition to the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris. Titled ''Truth on the Colonies'', it was organized by the [[French Communist Party|communists]]. The first section was dedicated to the crimes made during the colonial conquests, and quoted [[Albert Londres]] and [[André Gide]]'s criticisms of [[forced labour]] while the second one made an apology of the Soviets' "nationalities' policy" compared to "imperialist colonialism".|{{deletable image-caption|1=Thursday, 17 April 2008}}]]
[[Image:1906 Marseilles colonial exhibition.jpg|thumb|right|[[Postcard]] of the [[Annam]] Tower built in [[Marseilles]] (France) for the 1906 Colonial Exhibition.]]
A '''colonial exhibition''' is a type of [[World's Fair|international exhibition]] that was intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various [[colonialism|colonial empires]] during the [[New Imperialism]] period, which started in the 1880s with the [[scramble for Africa]]. The 1924 [[British Empire Exhibition]] was one, as was the successful 1931 [[Exposition coloniale]] in Paris, which lasted six months and attracted 34 million visitors.
[[Germany]] and [[Portugal]] also staged colonial exhibitions, as well as [[Belgium]], which had a [[Foire coloniale]] as late as [[1948]]. [[Human zoo]]s were featured in some of these exhibitions, such as in the Parisian 1931 exhibition.<ref>[http://www.africultures.com/anglais/articles_anglais/43blanchard.htm "From human zoos to colonial apotheoses: the era of exhibiting the Other" by Pascal Blanchard, Nicolas Bancel, and Sandrine Lemaire]</ref>
==Colonial exhibitions==
Exhibitions which may be described as colonial exhibitions include:
*[[Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia]] (1866)
*[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1870)
*[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1875)
*[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1876)
*[[Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling]] (1883)
*[[Colonial and Indian Exhibition]] (1886)
*[[Exposition internationale et coloniale]] (1894)
*[[Exposição Insular e Colonial Portuguesa]] (1894)
*[[Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale]] (1902)
*[[United States, Colonial and International Exposition]] (1902)
*[[Exposition coloniale]] (1906)
*[[Franco-British Exhibition (1908)|Franco-British Exhibition]] (1908)
*[[Koloniale Tentoonstelling]] (1914)
*[[International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products]] (1921)
*[[Festival of Empire]] (1911)
*[[Exposition nationale coloniale]] (1922)
*[[British Empire Exhibition]] (1924)
*[[Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand]] (1930)
*[[Exposition coloniale internationale]] (1931)
*[[Paris Colonial Exposition]] (1931) <!--Possibly the same as the item above.-->
*[[Exposição Colonial Portuguesa]] (1934)
*[[Empire Exhibition (1936)|Empire Exhibition]] (1936)
*[[Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938]]
*[[Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung]] (1939)
*[[Exposição do Mundo Português]] (1940)
*[[Foire coloniale]] (1948)
== See also ==
*[[Colonialism]]
*[[Human zoo]]
*[[List of world's fairs]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://lartnouveau.com/art_deco/expo_coloniale_1931.htm Exposition Coloniale of Paris 1931] photographs
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