The Colonial Exhibition, Dutch: ''Koloniale Tentoonstelling'', took place in

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(now

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) on 20 August through 22 November 1914. Colonial exhibitions were trade expositions. It was designed to "give a comprehensive picture of the Dutch Indies in their present prosperous condition." It was the first large scale exposition in the Dutch East Indies, and financed by the participating corporations with a subsidy from the Dutch East Indies government. The architect was Maclaine Pont.

Exhibits

There were displays including companies, foreign states and areas within the Dutch East Indies. One area of the grounds had pavilions dedicated to cocoa, coffee, kapok, and tea.

Dutch East Indies

There was a Balinese, an

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pavilion central Java, and Semerang pavilions. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het paviljoen Diorama Midden-Java op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039526.jpg, Central Java diorama

Foreign states

There were pavilions from Australia, China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Japan. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Chinese paviljoen op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039533.jpg, Chinese Pavilion File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Formosa Tea House op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039524.jpg, Formosa tea house File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Japanse paviljoen op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039534.jpg, Japanese Pavilion

Companies

There were pavilions from several companies including German hardware manufacturing business Carl Schlieper, the Netherland Indies Gas Company (NIGM),

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, and the Dutch shipping company Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM). File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Paviljoen op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039518.jpg, Carl Schlieper pavilion File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Paviljoens op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039529.jpg, Trocadero pavilion (left), NIGM pavilion (center) and the

pavilion (right) File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Paviljoen van de Nederlandsch Indische Gasmaatschappij (NIGM) op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039523.jpg, NIGM pavilion File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Paviljoen van de Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039521.jpg, Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) pavilion

Legacy

The

state pavilion was built in Acehnese style, without nails. After the exposition, it was dismounted and re-erected as the Aceh Museum, where it and the Cakra Donya Bell also displayed remain. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Atjeh Museum in Koetaradja TMnr 60023674.jpg, Aceh pavilion with Cakra bell during the exposition File:Cakra Donya.JPG, Cakra Donya bell in 2005 File:Rumoh Aceh.JPG, Pavilion building at the Aceh museum in 2005

Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gezicht over de paviljoens op het terrein van de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026651.jpg, Aerial view of the colonial exhibition of Semarang File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De hoofdingang van de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039517.jpg, Main Entrance File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Vervaardiging van parasols op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026655.jpg, Umbrella manufacturing File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Boomstamtransport met een rail-systeem van de Krupp-fabriek in Essen op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039520.jpg, Rail transport demonstration from Krupp File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Podium op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039522.jpg, Stage File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gouverneur-Generaal A.W.F. Idenburg brengt een bezoek aan de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026650.jpg, Visit of Governor General A.W.F. Idenburg to the exhibition File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Handelspaviljoen op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026663.jpg, Trade pavilion File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een muziektent het Verkeerspaviljoen en het paviljoen van F.J. Fuchs op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60039525.jpg, Bandstand Traffic Pavilion and the pavilion of F.J. Fuchs (a carriage supply and automobile distributor) File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Fontein op het terrein van de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026653.jpg, Fountain File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Feestzaal met terras op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling in Semarang TMnr 60026660.jpg, Party room and terrace

References

External links

Colonial Exhibition of Semarang catalog
University of Leiden Library
Colonial Exhibition in Semarang 1914
Video including several contemporaneous photographs. {{List of world's fairs of Southeast Asia 1914 establishments in Asia Colonial exhibitions Dutch East Indies society Buildings and structures in Semarang Festivals established in 1914 World's fairs in Asia