Urso Chappell’s ExpoMuseum Blog: August 2012

31 August 2012

30 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, August 30, 2012

Expo 2005's mascots Kiccoro and Morizzo in a display in the Japan Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea: http://t.co/CqYQNTTp

29 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

From Urso: I'm going through all of my Expo 2012 photos and posting them on Flickr. I've put up almost 800 photos... http://t.co/llph549u

28 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Expo 2012's Lotte Pavilion featured what could be described as the hot air balloon version of Disney's Soarin… http://t.co/sK86Uv77

The Sudan Pavilion at Expo 2012 still showed the pre-2011 borders before South Sudan became independent. http://t.co/kkUmynvY

25 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Saturday, August 25, 2012

Not all nations in Expo 2012's Atlantic Ocean Joint Pavilion were connected to the Atlantic Ocean more than a… http://t.co/RJDw8EdJ

23 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, August 23, 2012

Timor-Leste, being a new country, can claim a 100% participation rate at world's fairs. They've been at both … http://t.co/AJfWd0O0

Nauru is one of the few countries that can have a map showing every building in the country: http://t.co/o9vTONUF

The Sweden Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea: http://t.co/imvbd2p6

A re-translated quote of President McKinley, who was assassinated at the world's fair after this speech: http://t.co/2FqwgqBH

21 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Coach Jeff's Blog: You've Got To Be There - A great world's fair story! jeffdgary: Last night, we ran across … http://t.co/FeM0GcGB

Expo 2012's Italy Pavilion featured an exhibit promoting Milan's Expo 2015: http://t.co/VOtX9Fke

Expo 2012's France Pavilion, Yeosu, South Korea: http://t.co/AT5S8cWM

A very short review of Expo 2012 (with photos) on http://t.co/xO5BOpWr's Bemusement blog today... http://t.co/WBCuDE8W

Yeosu's Expo 2012 featured a DJ dance party after the nighttime spectacular at the Big-O. http://www.ExpoMuse… http://t.co/UsbpvEM7

20 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, August 20, 2012

The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee... the next-to-last world's fair in the United States (for now). http://t.co/CSxNGn36

19 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Sunday, August 19, 2012

Disney Park fans: Yeosu's world's fair, Expo 2012 had its own "back side of water!": http://t.co/eq4zec26

18 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Saturday, August 18, 2012

If you look carefully, you'll see a sculpture on the roof of Expo 2012's organizing committee building… http://t.co/jU9YsgKr

The International Fountain, originally created for Seattle's 1962 Century 21 Exposition… http://t.co/jptIQRoW

The Swedish Pavilion at Yeosu's Expo 2012 highlighted their famous musicians: http://t.co/9Wst4zhC

Expo Church window, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany: http://t.co/SsHDUPoA

16 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Expo Digital Gallery in the International Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea http://t.co/d4F3VXcu

http://t.co/2551WYLv's Urso Chappell at the Australia Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea http://t.co/Zq2SDRyF

15 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Abandoned Haibo Costume, Expo 2010, Shanghai, China http://t.co/kWl8ePBE http://t.co/WrGLe4LU

The Saskatchewan Pavilion at Vancouver's Expo '86 http://t.co/8u4XSUau http://t.co/S8I4RNrQ

exposandworldsfairs: Pavilion of the Province of Quebec at Expo ‘67 - Montreal, Quebec This unique structure … http://t.co/c6WK8N02

13 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, August 13, 2012

Yesterday brought us more than one closing ceremony. Expo 2012, this year's world's fair, also closed. http://t.co/y2Ayrod5

08 August 2012

@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, August 08, 2012

World's fairs are time capsules we put in our collective memories and into future history... a way of celebrating and declaring who we are.