Paris Exhibition of 1900
| EXPO Paris 1900 | |
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Exposition Universelle view
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Universal exposition |
| Category | Historical Expo |
| Name | L'Exposition de Paris 1900 |
| Building | Paris Métro |
| Area | 216 hectares (530 acres) |
| Visitors | 48,130,300 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Business | 76,112 |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| City | Paris |
| Venue | Champ de Mars, Trocadéro, Bois de Vincennes, Esplanade des Invalides |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | April 14, 1900 |
| Closure | November 12, 1900 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Brussels International (1897) in Brussels |
| Next | Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis |
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The style that was universally present in the Exposition was Art Nouveau. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Grande Roue de Paris Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the first magnetic audio recorder).
The staging of the first International Exhibition in 1855 was motivated by a desire to re-establish pride and faith in the nation after a period of war. The succession of exhibitions followed the same theme: the regeneration of nationality after war. Eight years before the launch of the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, the Republic of France announced the exhibition to be one that welcomed and celebrated the coming of a new century. Countries from around the world were invited by France to showcase their achievements and lifestyles; the Exposition Universelle was a uniting and learning experience. It presented the opportunity for foreigners to realize the similarities between nations as well as their unique differences. New cultures were experienced and an overall better understanding of the values each country had to offer was gained. The learning atmosphere aided in attempts to increase cultural tolerance, deemed necessary after a period of war. The early announcement and the massively positive response disenchanted the interest that had been circling around the first German International Exposition. Support for the exhibition was widespread; countries immediately began to plan their exhibits, but despite the enthusiasm, the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle was not a financial success as only two thirds of the expected public attended. It is suspected that the Exposition Universelle did not do as well financially as expected because the general public did not have the funds to participate in the fair.
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