Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 09:16 Great news RE: www.expo.cn/ : RT @brands4shanghai 2010 Shanghai World Expo website to open English version... oohja.com/x49qK #
• 12:47 RT @2020WorldsFair San Francisco's Asian Art Museum in 2010: Shanghai... just in time for #expo2010: www.asianart.org/shanghai.htm #
• 15:07 Great #expo2010 construction photos from the @WorldExpoBlog folks: worldexpoblog.com/2009/12/23/construction-progress/#more-2407 #
• 15:10 RT @bromotion Romania Pavillion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 www.kkuodesign.com/index.php?p=5999 #

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• 01:25 The World's Fair Podcast Episode 1 (the second one) is now available for downloading: www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #
• 09:23 @jonah_kessel Did you make an online calendar or a paper calendar? Sounds interesting! #
• 09:25 RT @EthnicHoosier Cummins Inc. will be an official sponsor of the USA Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World EXPO: bit.ly/7eqtad #
• 10:32 Want one of our ExpoMuseum 2009 Postcard Calendars (with expo anniversaries on it) for free? Send us your snail mail address. #

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 1

Our second episode of The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 1, is now available for download.

In this episode, John McGregor and I talk about some of our favo(u)rite pavilions:

- The Netherlands at Expo 2000,
- Japan at Expo 88,
- Canadian Pacific at Expo 86, and
- Morocco at Expo 92.

Download directly at WorldsFairPodcast.com or via iTunes.

Links to items discussed in the podcast:
- Photos of the Netherlands at Expo 2000
- Rainbow War on DVD

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 12:06 RT @gotplanet '64-'65 nyc world's fair 3d recreation - bit.ly/614XfU rather see 3d recreation of chicago 1893 - bit.ly/6guWpl #
• 12:10 RT @sawada2 Japan's World Expo pavilion completed in Shanghai www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_11.html #
• 12:14 Episode 1 (the 2nd one) of The World's Fair Podcast has been recorded. It will be released soon. www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #

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• 10:32 @pleidies Well, you can do it next year. Perhaps not surprisingly, it's in China: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/ #
• 10:35 RT @artsderbyshire Design competition: UK pavilion at Shanghai World Expo Deadline: 8th January, 2010 bit.ly/7bFFPY #
• 10:37 RT @chinatown_FI Radio86 Santa visits World Expo bit.ly/5ITx51 #
• 10:58 Wonderful images of the plans for the Finland Pavilion at Shanghai's #expo2010 dudye.com/shanghai-expo-2010-finland-pavilion-kirnu-2 #
• 11:02 Two more companies (Deloitte China & Honeywell) support US Pavilion at Shanghai's #expo2010 tr.im/IrSv #
• 13:39 Another great photo of Santa at Shanghai's #expo2010 via @worldexpoblog worldexpoblog.com/2009/12/23/merry-christmas/ #

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• 08:30 Thanks to @Lesausky for finding this great info about San Francisco at Shanghai's Expo 2010!: tinyurl.com/yeyv57f (Hmmm... July, eh?) #
• 09:58 22 December 2009: Just 130 days until Shanghai's Expo 2010 opens! #expo2010 #
• 10:09 Very cool! I'm trying to figure out that lighting effect RT @worldexpoblog Latvia at World Expo 2010 Shanghai #expo2010 ping.fm/fNpkN #

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• 01:04 Updated www.ShanghaiWorldsFair.com/ , www.1982WorldsFair.org/ , and www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/links/ #
• 01:06 Episode 1 (the 2nd one) of The World's Fair Podcast should be out by the end of the year: www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #
• 11:13 RT @Atomic_Pig 1876 World's Fair and its Role in American Art Pottery : Art ...: Still, art pottery developed over ... bit.ly/8eiodS #
• 11:14 RT @countryjoes St. Louis 1904 World's Fair Match Safe or Vesta added... countryjoescollectiblestuff.com/stlouisvesta.html #
• 11:18 RT @koreanet [Photo News] #Yeosu, city of green and blue bit.ly/6seFMy #Expo #2012 #
• 11:20 RT @copenhagenize Bicycles and Danish bicycle culture feature at the Danish Pavillion at #expo2010 in Shanghai: tinyurl.com/ygqtvet #
• 14:21 Judith Rubin republished a great 1992 article (with postscript) in Blooloop about the US Pavilion efforts: tinyurl.com/usapavilion #
• 16:48 Does anyone have any info about San Francisco's involvement in Expo 2010 Urban Practices area as mentioned in tinyurl.com/y9bcdws ? #
• 23:05 Site promoting a world's fair in the United States in 2020: www.Expo2020USA.com/ #
• 23:37 Crosscut's Feliks Banel writes about the Seattle Center site from 1962 and the demise of the Fun Forest: tinyurl.com/yc7dmsn #
• 23:48 Updated 2020 section to add Thailand and USA links: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2020/ #
• 23:51 Great newsreel from San Francisco's 1939-'40 Golden Gate Exposition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZxZUUS1Ovs #

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• 16:10 A ice sports facility for the old '64-'65 New York States Pavilion? yournabe.com/articles/2009/12/17/queens/queenswrcehep12162009.txt #

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• 01:04 Great video about the current state of the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair NY State Pavilion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG4LG2TvSJ0 #
• 01:11 83% Support Edmonton's bid for Expo 2017: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3doQKNRD4 #
• 09:22 RT @scdemark Recall the 1964 World's Fair & the NY State Pavilion? Why was the pavilion allowed to decay? .... tr.im/GXmm #
• 09:24 RT @tony_tracy Signage for #Expo2010 is *everywhere* in #Shanghai, as is the construction, painting & preparations. 136 days to go... #
• 12:35 ExpoMuseum.com was visited by nearly a quarter of a million people from at least 144 countries in 2009 (so far). #
• 15:37 Let us know what you thought of Episode 0 of The World's Fair Podcast ( www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ ) by emailing Urso@ExpoMuseum.com #

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• 14:48 Expo Performance Arena lit up for first time: english.eastday.com/picshow/show7/Expo6/ #
• 23:55 The United States Pavilion is now on Expo.cn: www.expo.cn/indexn.html?id=13200005 #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:04 Liège, Belgium to bid for Expo 2017, too? (RT @Todayinliege Du {concret} pour l'Expo 2017 bit.ly/71qs3h) #
• 11:48 The World's Fair Podcast Episode 0 is now up. We're waiting for iTunes to approve so folks can subscribe. www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #
• 14:03 Listening to narrated audio from the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: iphone.trumix.com/podshows/2107427 #
• 14:40 Great cut-away showing the IBM Pavilion from New York 1964-'65: blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/23/inside-ibms-wor lds-fair-egg/ #
• 14:54 The World's Fair Podcast is now available on iTunes for subscription: tr.im/wfpodcast #

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 0

I'm pleased to announce that Episode 0 of The World's Fair Podcast is now live.

In Episode 0, John McGregor of Foundation Expo 88 and I discuss world's fairs in general, the nomenclature, and the how world's fairs are still relevant.

The audio isn't that great yet (which is why this is episode "zero"), but subsequent episodes should sound much better.

To subscribe via iTunes, got to:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=346502335

Alternatively, you can listen to the episode through your web browser at:
http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/

I'd love to hear what people think. Please let me know what you'd like to hear in the future. In future episodes, we'll be interviewing both fans and professionals involved in expos in the past and future.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 12:52 RT @tony_tracy The Expo 2010 mascot / symbol reminds me of a shorter, more stocky, blue Gumby. #Expo2010 #Shanghai myloc.me/23RaM #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 18:05 The World's Fair Podcast update: Episode 0 has been edited. We should have it up by Monday. www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #
• 18:27 12 December 2009: 140 Days until #expo2010 opens #

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• 10:40 The Life in China Podcast has several "Affordable Expo 2010" episodes: datura.com/podcasts/shanghaipodcast.rss #
• 11:01 RT @Edmontondragon Come and enjoy Edmonton, Alberta, Canada my bid city to host the 2017 WORLD'S FAIR visit www.edmontonexpo2017.com/ #
• 11:19 RT @cumminspowergen Cummins Sponsors USA National Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World Expo ... bit.ly/8F7utR #
• 11:20 RT @veraobmana russia pavilion for shanghai world expo 2010 tinyurl.com/y87jf88 #
• 11:52 RT @CenterdinSTL Upcoming event: 1904 World's Fair! A Child's Eye View - 12/11/2009 bit.ly/6FK703 ##STL #
• 14:01 www.usapavilion2010.com/ has new video renderings of the United States Pavilion at #expo2010 #
• 14:18 Newly posted Tulane University video about the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdEeeD0TAg #
• 14:20 Video: Uruguay at Shanghai's #expo2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBdjAUyupBY #
• 14: 44 It's been over a year since Zaragoza's Expo 2008 closed, but I still love video of the Digital Water Pavilion: tinyurl.com/yaylh88 #
• 23:12 Winning design for Yeosu's Expo 2012 Theme Pavilion: bit.ly/7ASILB #

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• 10:48 Seattle folks: RT @MossAtKCTS ..."Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair-- The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition" is on KCTS 9 tonight at 7 p.m. #
• 10:49 RT @worldexpoblog Inside at Italy at Expo 2010 #expo2010 ping.fm/MdnTL #
• 10:50 RT @worldexpoblog What's all the fuss about, Taiwan? #expo2010 ping.fm/SZqbK #
• 10:51 RT @worldexpoblog Don't forget the little guys at #expo2010 ... Uzbekistan has ambitions too! ping.fm/AMn73 #
• 10:53 As we get closer to #expo2010, it might make sense to start using the #-tag mor e with all of the other "(XXXXXXX) Expo 2010's" out there. #
• 10:54 RT @CNWGreenWire Shanghai World Expo 2010 - Presentation of the Espace Montréal multimedia show cli.gs/vU99T #
• 11:52 If world's fairs are obsolete, then why are places like museums seeing more and more folks? tr.im/HfGs #
• 11:56 The Spain Pavilion at Shanghai's #expo2010 has a Twitter feed: @pabellon2010 #
• 19:30 Just finished recording Episode 0 of the www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/. I hope to have it edited and up in the next week. Stay tuned! #

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Exhibits About Future Expos

A conversation over on WorldsFairCommunity.org made me think about exhibits about future expos at an existing expo.

I remember seeing an exhibit about Expo 85 near the exit of the Japan Pavilion at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville. As a high school student, I so wished I could afford the $1985.00 for their cheapest travel package. I believe they also had an ad in the guidebook, something I've seen in other guidebooks.

At the 1984 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Canada devoted a lot of space to Expo 86. I remember getting my first Expo 86 souvenir pins there in New Orleans.

The Germany Pavilion at Expo 98 in Lisbon had a huge section about Expo 2000 including a motion simulator ride where you went underwater in Lisbon and then surfaced and flew over the Expo 2000 site in Hannover.



Even though China hadn't won Expo 2010 yet, the China Pavilion at Expo 2000 promoted its bid for Shanghai. 2010 seems so far in the future back then.



Not surprisingly, the China Pavilion at Expo 2005 devoted a lot of space to promoting Expo 2010. They also showed a large film in their pavilion at Expo 2008.

At that same expo, next door the Korean Pavilion promoted its bid for Expo 2012, which it would end up winning.



Korea promoted Expo 2012 at Expo 2008 with an exhibit and a host that described the plans to guests. She actually spent a lot of time talking to me (in English) about the history of expos. Italy also promoted Expo 2015 at their Expo 2008 pavilion.

Another side topic to this would be Olympics being promoted in pavilions.



In these photos, Paris promoted their 1992 Olympic bid at Expo 86 and Italy promoted the 2008 Winter Olympics in Torino.

Anyone else remember any others?

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 10:16 The World's Fair Podcast getting closer to being a reality. We start recording Thursday: www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/ #
• 10:24 Great NPR audio (from 2004) about the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and the disturbing Igorot "living exhibits": tr.im/H8yT #
• 10:47 RT @worldexpoblog Expo 2010 performance centre to be named Mercedes-Benz Arena and home to the NBA post-Expo 2010 ping.fm/s30XM #
• 10:57 RT @worldexpoblog A video about Belarus at Expo 2010 ping.fm/Hvqn9 #
• 11 :02 Alfred Heller has been to 18 world's fairs and has this review of Expo 2008: www.worldsfairs.com/Worlds_Fairs/Review%3A_2008.html #
• 13:02 Video (in dutch): Rudolph Nevi talking about sweets and Expo 58: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLHUQ_98fzw #
• 13:05 @Ponting ...and Edmonton is bidding to host Expo 2017: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017-2018/ #
• 15:23 Durian Star, the Singapore Pavilion's mascot at Shanghai's Expo 2010, is well, a durian: tr.im/Hagr #

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World's Fair Podcast

Thursday, John McGregor of Foundation Expo '88 and I will start recording Episode Zero of the World's Fair Podcast.

Why Episode Zero and not Episode One? Well, we're going to consider this a practice frame. This one won't count. There are a lot of technical challenges to setting this up (not the least of which is the fact that the two hosts live on opposite sides of the planet), so I hope folks will be patient with the quality.

Our zeroeth episode will likely feature us discussing our backgrounds. Between us, we've been to 10 of the last 12 international expositions (neither of us went to Expo '85 in Tsukuba or Genoa Expo '92).

In the coming weeks, we'll be looking to interview folks about past world's fairs, current world's fairs (Expo 2010 starts in less than 5 months!) and future world's fairs including the possible bids for 2017, 2018, and 2020.

We have a few ideas in mind for possible future episodes, but I'd love to hear from folks about possible topics and guests. What would you like to hear about? Who would you like to hear from?

The podcast's home page is at: http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/

Let us know what you think.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:41 RT @jessebdylan World's Fair Subway Special - 64 NY worlds fair subway train that took you there. Interesting. bit.ly/4x3srA #
• 08:43 RT @scdemark Will the long-neglected, amazing terrazzo map floor of New York, from the 1964 World's Fair, be saved? tr.im/GXmm #
• 08:45 RT @sarahplusone: Canadian? Looking for an Expo #job ? Canada Pavilion is hiring! tinyurl.com/2010canpavjobs #expo2010 #
• 08:47 RT @culturefutures Triad: www.triad.de/en/ doing world planet pavillion at Expo 2010: will demonstrate eco principles through the... #
• 13:14 Is Tong Bingzue the "Number One Expo Collector?" tr.im/H3m8 #
• 14:07 Knute Berger has another great article on Crosscut. This one about the 1909 A-Y-P and how it reflects Seattle legacy: tr.im/H3DW #

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• 08:25 RT @Foodimentary: December 7 is National Cotton Candy Day. Did you know it was introduced in 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair as "Fair ... #
• 08:28 RT @sf_tv Pavillon für World Expo in Shanghai präsentiert: Die Städte Basel, Genf und Zürich haben in Basel ihren... bit.ly/6YyJ0s #
• 08:32 RT @DESIGNSTUDIO26 speaking of events: #DS26 will be attending #expo2010 in #Shanghai during opening week in May.. Anyone care to join?? #
• 18:06 RT @Disneyopolis The Inland Empire World's Fair that just never arrived bit.ly/7VioSn #

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• 14:14 The challenge of wiping out "Chinglish" before Expo 2010 (video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJ4ZZcSUHQ #
• 14:35 Monday's Expo 2017 Bid Launch (video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsgI9m-fDRw #
• 15:37 Video about MOHAI's 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Centennial program in Seattle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGao7Cp4bQ #
• 17:09 Working on ShanghaiWorldsFair.com content. What are FAQ from foreigners about #expo2010 ? #
• 19:12 Updated www.ShanghaiWorldsFair.com/ #

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• 09:40 RT @ReactionGrid 1939 World's Fair December meeting, today at 2pm Pac / 5pm EST / 10pm UTC/GMT, 39FairHQ simulator twurl.nl/17c4t2 #
• 09:43 RT @CityofEdmonton: EXPO 2017 Open House bit.ly/55AY8P #yeg #
• 09:50 RT @corkpolitics New blog post: Lord Mayor calls for Cork to be featured at 2010 World Expo in Shanghai corkpolitics.ie/wp/?p=3696 #
• 09:56 RT @expochina Santa Claus will send his best greetings and gifts to Chinese visitors at Expo 2010's Finland Pavilion. is.gd/5bNSn #
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• 10:49 RT @HJ_Heinz The use of mustard as a hot dog condiment was first seen at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. #
• 10:58 Excellent discussion: @cbcedmonton's business panel discusses Expo 2017 bid: bit.ly/56o2Pj I hope optimism wins out. #
• 11:03 RT @GlobalCalgary Video: Bid Costs - Tue, Dec 01 - Edmonton is in the running for Expo 2017, but just the formal bid... ow.ly/1664S4 #
• 11:05 RT @worldexpoblog UAE Pavilion to go home after #expo2010 World Expo 2010 Shanghai ping.fm/lFFX4 #
• 16:09 San Francisco Chronicle articl e about US participation at Shanghai's #expo2010 tr.im/GzCi #
• 16:20 Tickets for Shanghai's #expo2010 go on sale in the US: english.eastday.com/e/091203/u1a4852596.html #

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• 00:40 2 December 2009: 150 days until Shanghai's Expo 2010 opens #
• 00:42 RT @blindreff Bring on Expo 2017. I want to live in a great city and Expo could help Edmonton become that. #yeg #
• 00:49 @ETownMickey According to a CBC Radio interview with the bid chairman, the slogan will "evolve" in in the future: bit.ly/5Dx6d3 #

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• 14:53 Gizmodo: "The Shanghai World Expo 2010 Will be an Amazing Architectural Freak Show" tr.im/GlWA #
• 15:28 Great video discussing the development of the Denmark Pavilion at Shanghai's Expo 2010 via @worldexpoblog: tr.im/Gm6M #
• 15:55 @GrandOwl77 They sure do. The largest in history is next year in Shanghai. 2012 in Korea, 2015 in Italy... www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 15:56 RT @JustonWestern Interesting video about 125th anniversary of the World's Fair in NOLA circa 1884...: bit.ly/81mu9B #
• 15:58 @ahhandy North America might get a world's fair again in eight years: Edmonton is bidding for 2017: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017-2018/ #
• 16:00 @rylanszopa Expo 2017 would be the latest in the long history of international expositions/world's fairs: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 16:01 RT @cbcedmonton Listen: Expo bid: The man behind Edmonton's bid to host Expo 2017 (6:32) bit.ly/5Dx6d3 #yeg #
• 16:11 @Bruce_Winter I can't speak about the costs since each expo (world's fair) is different... some are financed... post.ly/Drv1 #
• 21:28 @ahhandy I don't see how it hurts the validity, but it does affect name recognition. Europe had nothing between 1937 to 1958. #

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• 12:42 RT @hilluqcj GM's 'Tomorrow-Land' at the 1964 World's Fair - Boing Boing tinyurl.com/yk69aqk #
• 12:43 Edmonton city council considers $500,000 for Expo 2017 bid: edmonton.cityandpress.com/node/556480 #
• 12:46 Edmonton's Expo 2017 theme would be "Harmony of Energy and Our Future Planet" if they win: www.edmontonexpo2017.com/ #
• 12:47 RT @lazicd Shanghai World Expo 2010: Romania Pavilion: The Romania Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 20.. bit.ly/8YLXhi #
• 12:49 New Edmonton Expo 2017 bid video: www.youtube.com/user/EdmontonEXPO2017 #
• 14:19 Shanghai's Expo 2010 to have its own TV channel starting in March: english.eastday.com/e/091130/u1a4844961.html #
• 14:24 Great images!: RT @mastermaq Edmonton launches bid for EXPO 2017: bit.ly/7DVKEb #expo2017 #yeg #
• 14:32 Edmonton Journal's article about today's Expo 2017 bid news: www.edmontonjournal.com/Edmonton+unveils+Expo+2017/2286525/story.html #
• 15:33 Edmonton's competition for the 2017/2018 slot could be with Antalya, Turkey and Salamanca, Spain: www.expomuseum.com/2017-2018/ #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 15:22 Chicagoans: RT @WindyCityEvnts New event posted: World's Fair Simulation at the MSI (Sat. 12/5 & Sun. 12/6) bit.ly/5K7wYM #
• 15:24 Mexico at Shanghai's Expo 2010: www.archdaily.com/42182/mexico-pavillion-for-shanghai-world-expo-2010/ #

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• 17:56 Come on Down (to the World's Fair): rock song from 1964: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amg04vgYlTw #
• 18:08 More audio: 'World's fair' by Stranger Cole & Ken Boothe.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWpqXPJlgQ #
• 18:18 Great video of the Expo 2010 Swedish Pavilion under construction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMMxAq3j98 #
• 18:23 Video preview of Taiwan Pavilion at Expo 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VILpz7E_XAo #
< li>18:26 Estonia always surprises at world's fairs. Here's their Expo 2010 preview video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX3FvDvcqwc #
• 21:48 Video: Hillary Clinton visits the US Pavilion construction site (in French): www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yb2OLCdsBc #

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• 12:38 RT @nycscout: Visiting the World's Fair 45 Years Too Late! www.scoutingny.com/?p=1221 #
• 12:41 RT @worldexpoblog Expo historian Guillermo García Tirado on the Serbia Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai ping.fm/UEl9C #
• 12:44 Fast Company has a review of Expo 2010's architecture: tr.im/FNdF (UAE, Austria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark, & Macau Pavilions) #
• 18:01 English version of www.Expo.cn/ coming in January: en.ce.cn/National/Local/200911/25/t20091125_20501245.shtm l #
• 18:18 Brazil at Shanghai's Expo 2010: www.expo2010brasil.com/ It seems to only be in Portuguese right now. #

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• 12:43 Forbes has an excellent commentary about Shanghai's Expo 2010: "The Biggest Event You Never Hear Of -- But Should": tr.im/FHeH #
• 12:44 RT @shanghaidaily: 40+ free baby centers will be set up in World Expo park to help mothers nurse and change their babies.xpo.sh/k #

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• 11:03 RT @thinklondon World Expo in Shanghai, 2010: UK launches Pavilion Website: www.ukshanghaiexpo.com #
• 14:43 Visiting #IAAPA, two folks joked about end of the world in 2012 when talking about Yeosu's Expo 2012. Technically, Expo 2012 ends first. #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 01:32 22 November 2009: 160 days until Shanghai's Expo 2010 opens... 81 years since the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) was founded #
• 17:14 RT @jeremymburton Palace of Fine Arts flook.it/c/2GT6d3 Built for the World's Fair in the 1910s. Rebuilt in the 1960s when it fell... #
• 17:19 Norway at Shanghai's Expo 2010: www.expo2010.no/ #expo2010 #

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• 00:23 I can never get enough of Expo 67's Ontario Pavilion presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hDqKoHUqU (video) #
• 08:59 RT @nycparks Parks Breaks Ground On Restoration Of 1939 World's Fair Relic bit.ly/Cm8Rd #
• 09:01 RT @shanghaidaily Hillary Clinton visited construction site of the USA Pavilion, pledged her support for world's fair. is.gd/4WK8F #
• 12:21 RT @greendiary BIO(da)TA: Sustainable thematic pavilion for Yeosu Expo 2012 ib.im/dxdnb #
• 16:16 More informa tion about plans for Expo 2010's virtual world's fair: tr.im/Fbjhl Oddly, it doesn't include the link: www.expo.cn #
• 16:16 RT @JRibakove twitpic.com/px2ek - I can't tell whether abandoned World's Fair structures look ominous or depressing. #
• 19:52 RT @halloweely The more I read about 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the madder I am that time machines haven't been invented yet. TO THE MIDWAY! #

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• 08:29 RT @judauzz Mayo Football cards include a hamburger card as part of the World's Fair Attractions set. bit.ly/7CRuk #
• 08:30 RT @AskWildChina President Obama mentioned his willingness to attend The Shanghai World Expo next year. (From May 01 to Oct.31, 2010) #
• 08:35 RT @teafordaydreams Hillary Clinton tours USA Shanghai Expo 2010 pavilion site/ sponsors? bit.ly/3yCI3U #
• 08:37 RT @TheGumGuy: Danish Design School Kolding and Tongji University in Shanghai work on green bike designs for Expo 2010 j.mp/39K0X4 #
• 18:40 @ jenniferdavis They still go on. We haven't had one in North America since 1986. Edmonton might get 2017, though. www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 18:45 RT @theseasonpass Daily Reminder: www.podcastawards.com Season Pass for Best Travel. ;) Thanks! #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 10:52 The new www.expo.cn/ website is really addictive even if it isn't in English yet. It will grow into a virtual #expo2010 site. #
• 16:57 @WDFMuseum has some great items from the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair as well as references to other world's fairs during Disney's life. #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:04 @writeallthetime Actually the 1900 World's Fair CLOSED on 12 November 1900: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1900/ #
• 08:08 The US Pavilion at Shanghai's #expo2010 is now hiring: www.usapavilion2010.com/jobs #
• 08:15 ExpoMuseum's @ursochappell is interviewed in today's World Expo Blog post: bit.ly/1oM0zW #
• 09:22 RT @edmontonstories A "deep green" vision for @UnivOfAlberta south campus. Potential showcase for Expo 2017 bit.ly/3H8GVB #yeg #
• 12:30 RT @archdaily: Finland Pavillion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 bit.ly/3fQQ42 #
• 15:03 The technology in the Australia Pavilion show at #expo2010 will be similar to that of Epcot's American Adventure, but in the round! #
• 15:27 Aerial tramway could take guests across Milan to Expo 2015: bit.ly/2l3kJY #
• 21:25 RT @BigOzone In 1939 NBC begins regular television broadcasts in New York, with opening of World's Fair. #

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• 10:33 @jralstin I believe you meant that the 1900 World's Fair CLOSED on 12 November 1900: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1900/ #
• 10:37 RT @petemosley Competition to design/make the official gifts from the UK at ... Expo 2010 open to craft makers in Britain. ow.ly/B9sU #
• 10:48 12 November 2009: 170 days until Shanghai's #expo2010 opens #
• 11:41 Video about the "upcoming" 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville: bit.ly/2RuHr5 #
• 13:43 Obama's schedule for Shanghai revealed: tr.im/EQq6 In his one day, he won't be visiting #expo2010 construction site. #
• 18:55 Shanghai Expo Online is now online in Chinese: www.expo.cn/ English is expected later. It's very Flash/audio intensive! #

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• 10:48 RT @TXArchitect "Sun Valleys" to light up the 2010 World Expo and manipulate the space time continuum! tinyurl.com/yk6vs9l #
• 11:30 The last world's fair in the US closed 25 years ago today: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition: www.ExpoMusuem.com/1984/ #
• 11:32 Video: Kool and the Gang perform "Get Down On It" at the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair, which closed 25 years ago today: tr.im/ELi0 #
• 11:46 The last world's fair in the US closed 25 years ago today: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1984 #
• 13:35 New Orleans' 1984 World's Fair featured the first official mascot: tr.im/ELMk Every world's fair since has had one except 1992 Genoa. #
• 14:48 @PRCNO Yep... the PRC and the *other* PRC was there, too... who host the next world's fair in Shanghai. It was P. R. China's 2nd pavilion. #
• 21:11 Seattle's 1962 World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) gets the MST3K treatment: bit.ly/4w3f63 #
• 21:32 RT @stavestudio #Yeosu Expo 2012 Immersion, Emergence and Environmental Integration, images from the AIA Seattle...: bit.ly/ 2DyGCM #

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• 17:24 RT @ju_mp Thailand will bid for World Expo 2020 bit.ly/2ebd48 #
• 17:27 More information about a possible Expo 2020 bid by Thailand: bit.ly/3dlO13 #
• 20:01 Expo 2010 United States Pavilion design unveiled: bit.ly/344UYJ #expo2010 #

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• 00:16 It looks like Expo 2012 has changed mascots. I'll have to do some research. www.expo2012.or.kr/eng/expo2012/symbol.asp #
• 13:56 Talking with some of the press, esp. younger folks: they have a hard time explaining the "expo" concept... that they're world's fairs. #
• 15:20 RT @NYPLmssarchives The NY World's Fair 1939-40 records are held by the MSS & Archives Division @nypl Contact: www.nypl.org/mssref #
• 15:21 RT @CyG_photos New York World's Fair 1964-65, BW, New York, NY, US bit.ly/3YHq0J #
• 15:25 RT @SpaceHospital twitpic.com/ovvs7 - Why taking a boring elevator when you can take - The Bubbleator! (from 1962 Seattle WF) #
• 15:29 @SpaceHospital The Bubbleator is now a greenhouse: bit.ly/3EW2dM #
• 15:32 RT @CenterdinCHI Upcoming event: 1933 WORLD'S FAIR HOMES - 11/14/2009 bit.ly/Rp4sE #chicago #
• 21:03 RT @worldexpoblog World Fairs historian and author Guillermo García Tirado writes for World Expo Blog ping.fm/yYfno #
• 21:06 @stephenjoyce @JEBworks Switzerland's pinball machine toured after Expo 86. I saw it again at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta in 1987. #
• 21:10 The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) has updated their web site: www.bie-paris.org/ #
• 21:20 RT @worldexpo2010 Thailand unveils its presentation in Expo 2010 tinyurl.com/ycbuefy #expo2010 #
• 21:23 Video: Armenian jazz group The Time Report performing at Japan's Expo 2005: bit.ly/1x85XN #
• 21:28 Hannover, Germany's Expo 2000 morphing logo and jingle were bo th groundbreaking: bit.ly/iBRt7 (video) #
• 23:05 Video: Expo 93's Fantastic Odyssey lives on at Lotte World in Seoul: bit.ly/2lL614 #
• 23:26 RT @contempstandard Bollettino: IMPRESSIONS OF EXPO 67 (cli.gs/zPT9v) #

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• 01:58 Updated the design of the home page. More changes will likely happen in the coming weeks as I try to make the site easier to use. #
• 13:44 UCF is creating a virtual 1964-'65 New York World's Fair. Fox News thinks the cost is outrage: tr.im/EthW It's not: tr.im/Etin #
• 14:20 @jgp_ppb The era of world's fairs lasts from 1851 to at least 2015... www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 16:37 Hippie minibus from Spokane's Expo 74 recovered... in Los Angeles... in a shipping container... tr.im/EtW9 #

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• 11:02 RT @jgerencser Hey, New Yorkers! Anyone know where I can find the primary archives (if such exists) of the 1939 World's Fair? #
• 11:03 RT @nycre World's Fair Pavilion Gets A Hand: After an engineering study revealed that... After an engineering study... bit.ly/3wkkyV #
• 11:04 RT @SenMitchell Just saw Mayor Mandel in Ottawa airport. he was in Ottawa working on Edmonton's 2017 world's fair bid. Good luck Edmonton. #
• 13:25 First version of virtual Expo 2010 to be launched on 12 November: english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6806464.html #
• 13:27 Some 1964-'65 World's Fair exhibits ended up at Disneyland. I wonder if some of Expo 2010's exhibits will end up at Disneyland Shanghai. #
• 16:26 More info about '64-'65 NYWF New York State Pavilion preservation: tr.im/EnZN tr.im/Eo0h Perhaps we can go in some day. #
• 16:32 Haibao breakdances in this new Expo 2010 promotional video: bit.ly/4ixfAR #
• 16:37 Lots of new national pavilions added to this updated Expo 2010 video: bit.ly/3VT53s Spectacular renderings! #
• 16:42 Video: great ove rview of world's fairs in general and Expo 2010 plans: bit.ly/4FwNwF #

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• 13:44 Great #expo2010 construcion photos (S. Korea, UAE, Spain, Aviation, Australia): english.eastday.com/picshow/show7/Expo4/index.html #

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• 00:55 RT @HHShkMohd: Dubai 2020 working grp discssed & examind latest ideas 2 support & strengthen Dubai's bid for 2020 World Expo & Olympic Games #
• 10:56 RT @SeriWallender twitpic.com/o69k2 - friend's family photo of Poseiden & The Mermaid from 1984 World's Fair- memories #
• 11:09 1915 San Francisco fans: The @Exploratorium is free today and their 40th Anniversary celebrations start tomorrow! bit.ly/2wXIH3 #
• 11:10 RT @AdamMinter: twitpic.com/o7op9 - New image of under-construction US Expo 2010 pavilion. Kind of looks like an outlet mall ... #
• 16:53 @nadiasoul The world's fair next year in Shanghai will have an online option: bit.ly/IlqnN #
• 16:53 Expo 2010's Australia Pavilion looking really close to finished: en.expo2010.cn/a/20091103/000004.htm #expo2010 #
• 23:11 Open question: It's been 25 years since the US held a world's fair. When we hold the next one, where should it be? #

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• 14:38 @drgonzolives Yes. There certainly all still world's fairs, but we haven't one in the US since 1984: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 14:44 RT @tingc Shanghai and Yeosu Expo organizers collaborate: Organizers of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the 2012... bit.ly/1VKIIl #

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• 00:10 29 October 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of closing day of the 1939 season of the New York World's Fair: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1939n #
• 12:01 RT @SeattleMaven 2-for-1 at the MoHAI ... still ample AYP exhibits! (Celebrating our original Seattle World's fair) bit.ly/1X3oIU #
• 13:41 This month, ExpoMuseum.com has already had a record number of visitors in its 11 year history. That's 13% more than the previous record. #
• 13:53 Expo 2010's Haibao mascot will have a series of comic books in different languages: en.expo2010.cn/a/20091029/000001.htm #
• 15:20 Video with crazy music: The Wonderful World of Chemistry from '64-'65 New York: bit.ly/3Ca3Si #
• 17:15 @Wendell_Howe the World Toilet Organization (the *other* WTO) had an exhibit at Expo 2005 in Japan... bringing it full circle! #

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The Wonderful World of Chemistry at the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair

...from the duPont Pavilion at the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair.

It's pretty incredible: incredible lyrics, incredible choreography, incredible mixture of live performances with film projection, and the incredible use of the "E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company" as a repeated lyric.

It would be wonderful to see crazy production like this (but in Chinese) at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

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• 11:44 RT @6ftTiki Oct 27 1967 - Montreal Quebec - Expo 67 world's fair closes its doors after playing host to 40,300,000 visitors. #
• 11:49 RT @AdamMinter: confirmed with 1 source: 200 job seekers beat daylights out of each other in front of Expo 2010 gate ~ Jobs: scarce. #
• 11:54 Now THERE'S a theme for a world's fair pavilion: liquor and girls: tr.im/DngD #expo2010 #
• 11:56 I love the concept, design, and video for Singapore's Expo 2010 pavilion: bit.ly/8LLpO #
• 14:13 A case for NOT designating the '64-'65 NYWF New York Pavilion historical: tr.im/Dob4 #
• 14:20 Proposed theme pavilions for Yeosu, Korea's Expo 2012: shar.es/aumnG (via @plusmood) #expo2012 #
• 14:22 Prague building Charles Bridge replica for Shanghai's Expo 2010: tr.im/DoeO #expo2010 #
• 16:20 Spokane's city manager during Expo '74 dies: bit.ly/n9EDl #

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• 11:57 Vancouver Sun on Expo 2010 Pavilions in Shanghai, nation branding, and how world's fairs have changed: tr.im/D86n #

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• 14:42 If I were Australian (and fluent in 中文), I'd so apply to work at their very cool Expo 2010 Pavilion in Shanghai: tr.im/CPii #
• 14:53 Video showing Thailand Pavilions from 19th Century up to their impressive plans for Expo 2010: bit.ly/Pbpqk #
• 14:55 Even the Expo 2010 Thailand Pavilion has its own mascot: bit.ly/3wWUmJ #

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• 09:41 RT @fine5757dude NYSE Euronext Joins as Sponsor of the USA National Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World Expo bit.ly/byhhe XD #

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• 14:34 Expo fans: Can you answer the question? RT @infonarium ...Children's Book ... Time-travel To '39 New York World's Fair? unfake.it/h3n #
• 14:40 Cisco signs on to have pavilion showing life in 2020 at Shanghai's Expo 2010: tr.im/CAqf #expo2010 #
• 16:55 RT @imogenezg New book explores dark side of 1904 World's Fair - West End Word tinyurl.com/yz9vvff #
• 16:57 Artist renditions of Cisco's Expo 2010 Pavilion: bit.ly/7T3C2 #expo2010 #
• 22:13 Updated 2020 page to include potential Ri o de Janiero bid: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2020/ #
• 22:14 RT @expochina twitpic.com/mfm8i Thailand has unveiled its Expo 2010 pavilion mascot "Tai," a cute, friendly and cheerful child-giant. #

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• 15:02 Nepal bringing Buddha hair and tooth "relics" to Shanghai's Expo 2010: english.eastday.com/e/1020/u1a4741964.html #expo2010 #
• 15:05 RT @dylan555 world's fair in queens. ready to get home twitpic.com/m8i87 #
• 15:07 RT @dsurdel Reading: "Venezuela Pavillion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 | ArchDaily" (twitthis.com/kn8vfv) #
• 23:56 RT @worldexpo2010 Finland holds Expo photo contest open to all Finnish citizens. tinyurl.com/yhlsy7d #expo2010 #
• 23:57 RT @VizcayaMuseum Historic Images of Alexander Stirling Calder's Sculptures from the 1915 World's Fair bit.ly/2oUE1c #
• 23:59 @starlightat3am Actually, you'd need to spend several more nights if it's 1899. Until 14 April 1900. www.ExpoMuseum.com/1900 #

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• 10:29 @tabbiewolf @SineOtter We still have world's fairs, just none in North America since '86. Edmonton is bidding for 2017: www.ExpoMuseum.com #
• 10:30 @TrionaGiblin Oops. It moved. It's in Shanghai next year. :-) www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/ #
• 10:31 RT @worldexpo2010 Tips, rules for World Expo 2010 visitors-How to tour around Expo site: tinyurl.com/yg3vumh #expo2010 #
• 15:38 @SineOtter You can follow the Edmonton bid for Expo 2017 @edmontonexpo17 #
• 21:16 RT @worldexpo2010 twitpic.com/m70fv - World Expo 2010 Theme Pavilion lighted up #expo2010 #

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• 13:05 New Book: Health and Medicine on Display [at 1876-1904 world's fairs]: bit.ly/bx8OH #
• 13:20 Montreal exhibiting at Shanghai's Expo 2010: english.eastday.com/e/1017/u1a4734380.html #expo2010 #
• 14:39 Question for those working on Expo 2010 projects in Shanghai: How handicap accessible will the site and pavilions be? #expo2010 #
• 15:37 Seattle: RT @MossAtKCTS Take a trip to Seattle's first world's fair, the 1909 A-Y-P-E, tonight on KCTS tinyurl.com/yzlyonx #
• 15:39 Knute Berger's take on the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo documentary: crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19132/ #
• 15:41 @skepticklish Unfortunately, the last eight world's fairs were outside North America... as will the next three: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 19:22 Video (in English): Norway and Expo 2010: bit.ly/lPDRB (part of an ICN series) #
• 22:44 RT @NOSaturn Did anybody know they GAVE AWAY A BABY at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909? As a prize. Seriously. #

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• 09:11 RT @swedenexpo Brand new 3D flythrough of Swedish pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 released ow.ly/uKvN #

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• 08:46 RT @dbroward Experimental breathing apparatus for firefighters, as displayed at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.... twitpic.com/ll0vy #
• 08:47 RT @ElNacionalWeb Los taxis de Shanghái ofrecerán un servicio multilingüe durante la Expo 2010 bit.ly/12Gfgb #
• 09:00 RT @worldexpoblog just getting started in the Expo? ping.fm/7GKms #

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• 14:48 RT @UMFlintSOM Are you interested in attending EXPO 2010:Shanghai? .... Study Abroad Spring 2010 ow.ly/urEB #

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• 13:21 Expo 2010 introduces a computerized version of the catalog showroom concept for souvenirs: english.eastday.com/e/1013/u1a4721918.html #
• 16:34 1964-'65 New York World's Fair's Tent of Tomorrow not doing well: bit.ly/D46MQ & bit.ly/RkcFv #

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• 10:12 Tuesday, 13 October 2009 marks the 200-days-to-go point until Shanghai's Expo 2010 opens. #expo2010 #
• 12:20 @Pavaris The US Pavilion at Expo 2010 is looking for student ambassadors: china.usc.edu/ #
• 16:36 Why St. Louis hosted both the 1904 Olympics with the 1904 World's Fair: tinyurl.com/yflhnp2 #
• 20:43 RT @expochina twitpic.com/lc9kp - Expo Boulevard starts 'fine decoration' #
• 20:47 RT @shanghaidaily twitpic.com/lc1w5 - China Eastern Airlines unveils an Airbus 330-300 aircraft painted with patterns of 2010 Expo... #
• 20:48 RT @FExpo88 ~ attend a free concert by the students of the Queensland Conservatorium, Expo 88 Nepal Peace Pagoda, Sun 18 Oct 12:30pm-1.30pm #

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• 11:35 @pavaris Are these interviews to work in the United States Pavilion? #
• 11:41 NW Indiana: 1933-'34 Chicago homes on display: bit.ly/HvOA4 #
• 18:26 Dubai: 2020 Olympics or 2020 World's Fair? dcnonl.com/article/id34335 #

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• 13:18 200-days-to-go TV show in China: english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6779410.html #expo2010 #
• 16:55 Fun video: the Expo 67 theme song (in French and English) sung by Donald Lautrec: bit.ly/1zL0QH #
• 18:23 Concord High School (Contra Costa County, CA) singers try to raise funds to go to #expo2010 bit.ly/VvvWu #

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• 09:57 It will be nice to enter the United States Pavilion at #expo2010 and have the portrait of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner on the wall. #
• 11:18 @gaoming Thanks. I'm eager to find out what it'll look like when finished. #
• 11:20 RT @dstrawberrygirl: Fantastic review of the 1939 World's Fair project on ReactionGrid twurl.nl/alnawb #
• 11:22 RT @_beatlesnews_ Uncle Matt! Can You Take Us to the World's Fair? - AMCtv.com (blog) bit.ly/TIpUE #beatles #
• 13:25 Video: A peek inside the Africa Pavilion at #expo2010 (in F rench): bit.ly/1evCSC #
• 13:33 Video: Milan's plans for Expo 2015: bit.ly/3OHMRT (text in Italian) #
• 13:36 Video: Digitally recreating the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: bit.ly/czPoc #
• 23:17 Lights tested at #expo2010 theme pavilion: en.expo2010.cn/a/20091008/000006.htm #
• 23:20 Haibao + sea creatures = en.expo2010.cn/a/20091009/000001.htm #

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• 08:51 @alex_hardestyMI Knoxville was my first one. Shanghai will be my eighth one. There have been 11 world's fairs since 1982: www.ExpoMuseum.com #
• 16:41 RT @myvintagevogue photobooth 1934 World's Fair twitgoo.com/3zr08 #
• 19:45 Really amazingly cool video sphere being developed for the Germany Pavilion at #expo2010: bit.ly/135HnC #
• 19:48 News segment (in German) about prevously tweeted video: bit.ly/2owvRo #
• 22:43 @gaoming A lot of us would love to hear your impression of the pavilion so far. #

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• 12:34 I have a theory as to why ExpoMuseum.com had extra traffic recently: Folks are curious about world's fairs after the Olympic announcement. #
• 12:36 RT @swimmerpoet A musical about the 1893 World's Fair? "White City: Burnham's Dream" Weds. Oct. 7, 8 p.m... Chicago bit.ly/27V2kC #
• 12:37 RT @petervlam Working on amazing new project: we are assisting with documentary for World Expo in Shanghai 2010! #
• 16:13 Iowa City: Free lectures about 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: bit.ly/3aGG0E #
• 19:26 Wow! I just saw a San Francisco bus ad by a tour co mpany promoting Shanghai's #expo2010 #

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• 10:19 More #expo2010 US Pavilion photos from BRC Imagination Arts: tinyurl.com/yaxdc2a tinyurl.com/yd23xwt #
• 11:54 ExpoMuseum.com is getting about 50% more traffic than usual so far this month, but it doesn't seem to be coming from any one place. #

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• 10:38 Those in Bellingham, WA: RT @VillageBksBham Tonight at VB learn about the 1909 AYP Expo-Washington's First World's Fair: bit.ly/pt64E #
• 10:39 RT @Lawrence_n_DC Mad Men won't be authetic for me until they start talking about the New York World's Fair. #
• 11:22 RT @jennafu apply to be a student ambassador at the shanghai world expo 2010 bit.ly/AL1bF #
• 11:55 @dennispbyrne Actually, Seville and Chicago were to have originally CO-hosted Expo '92. #
• 16:32 Expo 2010 South Korea Pavilion based on Korean alpha bet: bit.ly/49qKUm #expo2010 #

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• 09:25 RT @DelgadoMan No worries about the #Olympics. Let's go for the World's Fair. Much better and profitable. Houston 2020! expo2020.us/ #
• 09:28 With Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics, San Francisco should think of 2020… for a world's fair! www.2020WorldsFair.com/ #
• 09:57 Rio wins 2016 Olympics, South America's first! Time for South Africa to bid for 2020 Olympics? #

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• 11:42 @MomaAudie World's fairs do indeed still happen, but the last US one was in 1984: www.ExpoMusuem.com/ (2017 could be in Canada!) #
• 11:44 RT @MyComicBooks [BatmanComics] - NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR COMICS 1940 CGC SUPERMAN/BATMAN: US $949.00 (0 Bid) End .. bit.ly/KHUSJ #
• 13:00 Cool video showing Expo 2010's France Pavilion: bit.ly/3SxePk (thanks to @WorldExpoBlog for posting this) #
• 16:11 1939-'40 New York's Diner of Tomorrow... today: bit.ly/AnaV6 #< /li>
• 16:13 1933-'34 Chicago's Homes of Tomorrow... today: tinyurl.com/yebzxqq #
• 16:15 1889 Paris's Gauguin show... today: bit.ly/Sv0zp #
• 16:19 Video: The Czech Republic at Expo 2010: bit.ly/qkCLb (thanks to @WorldExpoBlog) #
• 16:20 RT @pleasetouch Did you know the banana was introduced during the 1876 Centennial, the World's Fair for which @pleasetouch's home... #
• 16:21 RT @selectorxl the 3rd Olympiad in 1904 was originally awarded to Chicago, but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the World's Fair #

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• 12:46 RT @Alltop_design Czech pavilion for the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai bit.ly/35P6UK Design.alltop.com #
• 12:48 Expo 2010 US Pavilion one of the best? bit.ly/2Z2iM5 #expo2010 #

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• 08:19 RT @Love_UFOs World's Fair towers play starring role in 'CSI: NY' t.love.com/255751566 #
• 20:16 Interesting promotion or littering? bit.ly/wruHE #expo2010 #

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• 11:21 RT @sustainnow Bill Dunster to exhibit zero carbon solutions at Shanghai Expo 2010 ow.ly/rqbt He's looking for material to submit #
• 11:23 RT @euroasia Cool jobs available [for NZ'ers] at Shanghai Expo 2010: Anyone keen to work in Shanghai for six months? bit.ly/yvLVG #

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• 01:33 New York's '64-'65 NY State Pavilion (as seen in MIB!) gets landmark status and could get a rehab: tinyurl.com/nystatepav #
• 11:10 RT @AntiqueCollect New blog post: Buying World's Fair Memorabilia bit.ly/46xscv #
• 11:11 Can you tell us more? I'd like to hear more about it. RT @cameronhall123 ...after a long hours finish to Yeosu Expo 2012 design competition #
• 11:13 RT @archiCentral Luxembourg Pavilion For Shanghai EXPO 2010 By Francois Valentiny: The idea ... bit.ly/19loUy #
• 22:58 RT @stefangeens Here' s what I've been up to these past weeks: The website of the Swedish pavilion at #expo2010 launches ow.ly/rm4g #
• 23:00 @swedenexpo now reporting on the Sweden Pavilion at #expo2010 #

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• 10:24 RT @t_architecture Architecture #Architecture: Turkey Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010... bit.ly/1a07G2 #expo2010 #
• 10:24 RT @GetDanceJobs Performing for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China - Shanghai, China, US (tinyurl.com/y9z9nt7 ) Get Dance Jobs #Dance #
• 10:26 Video: Hong Kong at Shanghai's Expo 2010: www.yubby.com/c/7047/57356 #expo2010 #
• 10:27 Talked with many ex-pats living in Shanghai this past week. Most were really surprised that no one in the USA knows about 2010 world's fair. #
• 12:47< /em> With the purchase of an Expo '92 mascot plush, EM will have every mascot from 1984 to 2010 except '85's Cosmo: tinyurl.com/ybjglee #
• 12:58 @causticchick Researching Expo 86 for my History Class. I was there! I was three-years-old, but I was there! I &lt;3 Expo Ernie! #
• 15:42 RT @2DaysFilmSchool Filmmaker seeks [1939-'40 New York] World's Fair memories bit.ly/S509a #

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• 09:27 RT @worldexpoblog Finland pavilion tops out ping.fm/l74cQ #expo2010 #
• 09:27 RT @zanelamprey: Don't completely knock PBR @pleepleus Pabst was the 1st beer to win at the World's Fair. Hence the blue ribbon. #
• 09:30 Haibao = Gumby + Izzy? bit.ly/11sJUE #

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• 02:55 23 September 2009: 220 days until Expo 2010 opens. #
• 07:42 Stephan Larose's take on Expo 2010's Haibao: tinyurl.com/ltwomv (warning: you'll never see him the same way again) #expo2010 #
• 07:49 1984 Louisiana World Exposition's Neptune returning to New Orleans: www.1984worldsfairmemories.com/ #
• 15:53 RT @NYUStudyAbroad NYU in Shanghai AND the World's Fair Expo in 2010?!?!?!? Apply by 10/15 and know by Halloween... bit.ly/BdVYI #
• 20:48 RT @TriviaWolf World's Fair Update Life mag goes online through Google scan project: I was just sent a link .. bit.ly/12dNdz #

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• 00:01 RT @shanghaidaily: Raising funds will no longer be a problem for US Pavilion as it has now raised over US$40 mln of... bit.ly/3GZcE0 #
• 18:42 RT @coffeeatnaptime shredded wheat, cracker jacks, juicy fruit, zippers and ferris wheels were all introduced at the 1893 World's Fair. #
• 18:43 RT @grmeyer Jump into the retro way-back machine and enjoy the Skyway at the 1964 World's Fair: Charles Phoenix bit.ly/sT08Q #
• 18:44 RT @walletpopper Does the U.S. really need another World's Fair? retwt.me/ckzp I'd love to go. #
• 18:47 RT @tweetmeme "Shanghai Baby" and the World Expo 2010 bit.ly/WTJnw #
• 18:53 Talking with locals on the ground in Shanghai, they can't believe Americans don't know about Expo 2010 or that world's fairs still happen. #
• 19:53 Posted new photos from Expo 2010's Expo Mansion exhibits: www.flickr.com/photos/expomuseum/ #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 23:52 In my short few days in Shanghai, I managed to soak up a lot of Expo 2010 information which I will be blogging about soon. #
• 23:53 RT @giovannaheart my parents are considering moving to shang hai from april - october 2009 for the world's fair! #
• 23:54 coffeeatnaptime shredded wheat, cracker jacks, juicy fruit, zippers and ferris wheels were all introduced at the 1893 World's Fair. #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 21:43 I was finally able to update my blog from here in Shanghai as they prepare for #expo2010 www.ExpoMuseum.com/blog/ #

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Greetings from Shanghai

This trip has been pretty amazing so far. Unfortunately, it's taken me a few days to be able to access my blog in order to report.



Friday, I was honored to be the guest of the Australian Pavilion for a quick tour around the Expo 2010 site under construction and an amazing look at the Australian Pavilion under construction. It's truly amazing how much creativity and time-consuming work goes into creating a pavilion that likely been in operation for just 6 months, hosting 5 million of the 70+ million visitors expected.

I'm deeply grateful to the folks at Ogilvy PR and World Expo Blog who were able to arrange my visit, Michael Darragh and Lina Han. Our Australian Pavilion host Peter Sams, who I was delighted to find out was a reader of my site and blog, is the pavilion director and veteran of the Australian Pavilion at Expo 2005 in Aichi.

I've posted some photos from the visit at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/expomuseum/

Saturday, I played the role of a more traditional tourist and visited People's Park and the adjacent shopping areas. In People's Park, the city has an Urban Planning Museum which, right now, is mostly about their preparations for Expo 2010.

I was rather tickled to see a couple of my photos in an exhibit about the history of expo mascots. It's rather satisfying to see photos of my own world's fair memorabilia collection in a museum on the other side of the planet.

Haibao and ads for Expo 2010 blanket nearly every square foot of surface in this town that's not under construction. As I type this in my hotel room, I can hear the sounds of construction from various places in the city. As with Nagoya and Hannover, which I also visited in the year before their respective expos, the whole city is getting ready and everything seems to have the same deadline: 1 May 2010, opening day of Expo 2010.

I have plans to meet more folks that are working behind the scenes here in Shanghai. It must be thrilling to be working on all the little projects that will come together next year in the largest world's fair in history. I'm reminded of what it must have been like to work on the World's Columbian Exposition the year before: 1892. I find myself pondering what sort of anticipation there was in 1938, the year before New York's 1939-'40 New York World's Fair. In so many ways, I see parallels between Shanghai's Expo 2010 and Osaka's Expo '70. Imagine what it must have been like being a part of putting that together in 1969!