Abstract
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there was a keen enthusiasm for international exhibitions that celebrated industrial and scientific progress and spread across the globe. One such development was the colonial exhibition in which non- Western cultures were partially brought as artifacts and were exhibited as pavilions in Western cities. The architectural representations, displays and performances in colonial exhibitions nourished an imaginary journey of the non-Western world but determined by Western legacy. These exhibitions were arranged according to scientific authority that claimed entitlement to authenticity. The architecture of the pavilions had an experimental quality that made it possible for pavilions to offer summarized, accessible and seemingly realistic impressions of the culture and society represented.
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