The Study
This research study with its focus on the Expo 70 represents the third in a series of four
studies investigating the nature and character of visitors’ long-term memories of experiences at
World Expositions. The outcomes of these studies are providing new insights about visitors’
long-term memories for the developers of exposition experiences, large and small, to
contemplate. The first two studies examined visitors’ long-term memories associated with two
contemporary Exposition – Expo 86 (Vancouver, Canada) and Expo 88 (Brisbane, Australia) and
was reported in Curator (2003), Vol. 46, No.4., (Anderson, 2003). The final in the series will
consider Expo 67 (Montreal, Canada) and will commence in late 2006.