Editing Centennial Exposition (section)

{{Short description|World's fair held in Philadelphia in 1876}}
{{redirect|Centennial Exhibition|the 1939–1940 exhibition in Wellington|New Zealand Centennial Exhibition}}
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{{Infobox World's Fair
| box_width   = 
| class       = Universal
| category    = 10
| image       = Centennial Exhibition, Opening Day.jpg
| image_width = 
| caption     = An illustration of opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exposition in [[Philadelphia]] on May 10, 1876
| year        = 1876
| name        = 1876 [[Philadelphia]]
| motto       = 
| building    = [[Memorial Hall (Philadelphia)|Memorial Hall]]
| area        = 115 ha
| invent      = [[Typewriter]], [[sewing machine]], [[telephone]]
| visitors    = 10,000,000
| organized   = 
| cnt         = 35
| org         = 
| biz         = 14,420
| country     = United States
| city        = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
| venue       = [[Fairmount Park]] in Philadelphia
| coord       = {{Coord|39|58|46|N|75|12|33|W|type:event_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
| cand        = December 1866
| award       = January 1870
| open        = {{date range and age in years, months, weeks and days|1876|05|10|1876|11|10}}
| close       = {{start date|1876|11|10}}
| prevexpo    = [[Weltausstellung 1873 Wien]]
| prevcity    = [[Vienna]]
| nextexpo    = [[Exposition Universelle (1878)]]
| nextcity    = [[Paris]]
| suppl       = 
| prevsuppl   = 
| prevsupcity = 
| nextsuppl   = [[Sesquicentennial Exposition|Sesquicentennial]] (1926)
| nextsupcity = 
| simuni      = 
| simspe      = 
| simhor      = 
| simoth      = 
| website     = 
}}

{{Infobox recurring event
| frequency          = Centennial
| location           = [[United States of America]]
| prev               = 
| next               = [[Sesquicentennial Exposition|Sesquicentennial]] (1926)
| activity           = 100th anniversary of the adoption of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
}}

The '''Centennial International Exhibition''', officially the '''International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine''', was held in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876. It was the first official [[world's fair]] to be held in the United States and coincided with the centennial anniversary of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]'s adoption in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.

It was held in [[Fairmount Park]] along the [[Schuylkill River]] on fairgrounds designed by [[Herman J. Schwarzmann]]. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exposition, and 37 countries participated in it.