While some may think that world's fairs may no longer be important events for cities around the world, the ExpoMuseum website may prove those persons completely wrong. The site pays tribute to the past, present, and future of these immensely popular expositions, and also includes a number of fun features, such as a discussion area and a special section dedicated to the architecture of these places. From the homepage, visitors can also learn about the upcoming world's fairs, such as Shanghai's Expo 2010. The historical material here is the real highlight, as visitors can peruse a timeline of these fairs, and move to various other sites that provide substantive explorations of each fair through primary documents and first-hand recollections. Also, the Architecture section of the site provides images of such well-known buildings as the Space Needle (built for the 1962 World's Fair) and the Hungarian Pavilion at the 2000 World's Fair in Hanover.
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