Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Palace of Horticulture and Liberal Arts

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

Horticulture:
-located on Agriculture Hill
-had two distinct sections: exhibit of fruits and nuts, and floral exhibit
-floral exhibit located on 50-acre tract of land surrounding the Palaces of Agriculture and Horticulture
-constructed at cost of $227,338
-unique features: basement used to provide storage for fruits, and gigantic floral map of the U.S. outside the building with gravel walks

Liberal Arts:
-building housed displays that demonstrated how science and technology were used to transform natural resources into manufactured products
-constructed at cost of $576,957
-housed items such as entire Chinese collection, coins from the British Mint, examples of German fine printing and photographs, a model of a lighthouse, etc

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