Built of granite, with a statue of Columbia topping its central dome,
the Memorial Hall housed the first major international art exhibition
ever held in the United States. Twenty countries sent paintings, drawings,
sculpture, photographs, and applied arts. The building itself became a prototype for many museums and galleries, and still stands in Fairmount Park. Memorial Hall is now the
headquarters of the Fairmont Park Commission, where a model of the Centennial
Exposition is on display.
