Entre 1851 y 1958 las Iglesias cristianas viven un periodo de intensa
actividad evangelizadora. Uno de los recursos empleados para recabar
apoyos a dicha empresa es la exposición etnológico-misional, en
la que se exhiben materiales etnográficos de las poblaciones evangelizadas
(o que han de serlo en el futuro) y, en ocasiones, se presentan
nativos que recrean sus antiguos modos de vida. Estudiamos el desarrollo
de estos eventos, sus vínculos (y desencuentros) con las exposiciones
internacionales, la forma en la que se asocian o se distancian del
fenómeno colonial y las diferencias existentes entre las exposiciones católicas
y las protestantes.

Abstract: Between 1851 and 1958 the Christian Churches lived a period
of intense evangelizing activity. One of the most singular means to obtain
support for such activity is the ethnological-missionary exhibition.
In these shows ethnographic materials of the recently or future evangelized
populations were always exhibited, and, occasionally, indigenous
people too, whose theoretical mission was to recreate their ancient
ways of life. In this article we study the development of these
events, their encounters (and disagreements) with international expositions, the form they were associated (or not) with colonial contexts
and the differences we could appreciate between Catholic and Protestant
exhibitions.