Great Exhibitions of the 19th century
As a part of its Specialised Information Service for Art Heidelberg University Library houses a large number of titles dealing with the Great Exhibitions of the 19th century. The collection contains research literature, contemporary exhibition catalogues, eye-witness reports or historical descriptions. The books will be digitized in the monthes to come and will be made available on the Internet at no charge.
The collection is recorded on our local online catalogue HEIDI, SWB (Union Catalog of the South West German Library Consortium) and arthistoricum.net.
An overview of all digitized literature you can find here.
Digitized literature
- London 1851
- London 1862
- Paris 1855
- Paris 1867
- Wien 1873
- Philadelphia 1876
- Paris 1878
- Paris 1889
- Chicago 1893
- Paris 1900
For requests, suggestions and criticism please contact 
Dr. Maria Effinger
Further information
- Bibliography about the history of world expositions (by Heidelberg University Library)
- International Exhibitions, Expositions Universelles and World's Fairs, 1851-1951: A Bibliography (By Alexander C.T. Geppert u.a.; Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus)
- The History of World Expositions
- Fonds des expositions universelles
