The Malta Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 as an Expression of Maltese Museography

The article presents and analyses in detail the interior design of the Malta Pavilion of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. This is studied both from a historical and cultural point of view, and especially from the perspective of museology and museography. The essay makes use of a very rich set of partially unpublished photographic sources that allow an analysis of the impact of the first public museums in Malta on the 1924 Pavilion. This Pavilion is therefore presented as a showcase for the international exaltation of the emerging Maltese museography. In addition, the text also provides an overview of the Maltese presence at World Expositions and a reflection on the influence of European museology in Malta under British government.