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The Brussels World Exposition 1958
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Year: | 1958 | | City: | Brussels | | Country: | Belgium | | Duration: | 17th April - 19 October 1958
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Copyright: Le Memorial officiel de l'Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles 1958-1962, Bd. 4, S. |
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Facts and Figures
Official title: Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles, Wereldtentoonstelling Brussel 1958
Symbol: Star with five irregular rays, and the planet earth
Duration: 17 April - 19 October 1958 (185 days)
Location: Heyselpark, 7 kilometres north-west of Brussels city centre
Theme: "Balance of the world for a more humane world", "Technology in the service of mankind, human progress through technological progress"
General director: Baron Georges Moens de Fernig
General secretary: Charles Everaerts de Velp
Area: 200 hectares, of which 74 hectares for the Belgian exhibition, 60 hectares gardens
Roads: 25 kilometres
Car parking: 45 000
Restaurants: 75
Participants: 51 nations, 7 international organisations
Exhibitors: in total 4,645
Visitors: 41 454 412
Tickets: 30 Belgian Francs (15 US-Dollars)
Costs: Outgoings 2,530,500,000 Belgian Francs
Income: 2,571,890,000 Belgian Francs
Profit: 41,390,000 Belgian Francs
Pavilions: approximately 112
Symbol: Atomium
Classification: 9 sections, 52 groups, 291 classes
Congresses: 426
Jury: 65 Jurys
Prizes: 3,961 prizes, of which 1003 to Belgian exhibitors
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