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2011 marks the 160th anniversary of the first world's fair, the 1851 Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held in London. For the occasion, Google changed its logo on its main site on 01 May 2011, the 160th anniversary of opening day.

This year also marks noteworthy anniversaries of other expositions. 2011 marks the 135th anniversary of Philadelphia's Centennial International Exhibition, the 110th anniversary of Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition, and the 25th anniversary of Vancouver's Expo '86. We can even add that it's the 1st anniverary of the largest world's fair in history, Shanghai's Expo 2010.

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Expo 2012 Opens in May
 

The next smaller "recognized" exposition, Expo 2012 opens in Yeosu, South Korea on 12 May 2012.

Expo 2012 logo
ExpoMuseum's Urso Chappell is writing a series of articles about world's fairs on the official Expo 2012 blog and ExpoMuseum has created WorldExpo2012.com.
 
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Seattle's 1962 World's Fair
50th Anniversary in 2012
 

2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Century 21 Exposition in Seattle.

Century 21 Exposition + 50

The Seattle Center Foundation, which operates the legacy site, has a wide variety of plans to celebrate under the name The Next Fifty. You can share your story and read others' stories online and visit the Seattle World's Fair Gallery when it re-opens.

The Museum of History & Industry will also be hosting exhibits and presentations for the 50th anniversary.

Naturally, the Space Needle is also celebrating the anniversary.

 
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Bids for 2017 and 2020 Placed
 

With the largest world's fair in history, Expo 2010, having come to an end after six months, attention is now being directed to the upcoming Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea; Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy; and bids for Expo 2017 as well as Expo 2020.

Visit the new ExpoBids.com site (presented by ExpoMuseum.com) for updated information on who is bidding for a recognized world's fair in 2017 and the larger sanctioned world's fair of 2020.

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The World's Fair Podcast
 

We proudly introduce the first podcast specifically about world's fairs, The World's Fair Podcast. Recent episodes have covered Vancouver's Expo 86 and Shanghai's Expo 2010. Find out more about our new podcast and listen at WorldsFairPodcast.com.

You can comment or ask a question on our 24-hour phone line at +1-650-ASK-EXPO. Your thoughts and queries could appear in an upcoming episode.

Subscribe via iTunes.

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Join the Conversation
 

ExpoMuseum has partnered with WorldsFairCommunity.org to discuss world's fairs... past, present, and future. I invite you to join the dialogue or ask a question. It now has nearly 800 members with a wide breadth of world's fair knowledge, interest, and experience. It's located at: WorldsFairCommunity.org or click the "Discussion Group" tab at left when you visit the site.

You can also join our audio discussion through The World's Fair Podcast. We talk about world's fairs, past and future and you can add to the discussion by calling +1-650-ASK-EXPO any time, 24 hours a day.

Go to the Discussion Boards.

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Urso Chappell
05 January 2012

P.S., Feel free to email me at: Urso@ExpoMuseum.com.

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The World's Fair Community

ExpoMuseum's sister site, WorldsFairCommunity.org, maintains several discussion groups about world's fairs, past and future.

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