The first image in this gallery presents an aerial view of the Berlin Industrial Exhibition of 1896. It shows the artificial lake, with the Main Exhibition Hall at one end, and the Main Restaurant at the other. On the left are the reconstructed medieval towers of Old Berlin, and across the Carp Pond, the artificial “authentic native villages” of the Colonial Exhibition. In the background are the reconstructed pyramids of the Special Exhibition Kairo. In the foreground to the left is the giant 27” telescope (a highlight of the exhibition) and the scale-model battleships of the Naval exhibit.
The second image is a map from a popular German guidebook for tourists. It offers a two-color, top-down overview of the main exhibition halls, the exhibition grounds, and the adjacent expositions, including the Special Exhibition Kairo, the Colonial Exhibition, and the Amusement Park. The route of the electric train is also delineated.