Within the intimacy of ’58
Everyday life in Brussels during the 1950s
20.09.2008 > 24.12.2008

Within the framework of the Open Monument Days, the Brussels City Archives present the living space of the 1950s that reflects the changes of society and of people’s mindset occurring at the time.
The exhibition illustrates everyday life in Brussels with such varied documents as photographs, press articles and posters bearing witness of the last moments of a certain urban sociability that got swept off a few years later by television and the expansion of the city. Read more...
http://www.brucity.be

Anno Expo, Mechelen
From June 21st to September 14th, you can re-experience the swinging Fifties in Mechelen! At the centre of the Anno-Expo programme are two exhibitions held respectively at the Lamot and the Cultuurcentrum Mechelen. Numerous other summer events will make Mechelen as vibrating a city as it was during the Expo 58!
Come to Mechelen and travel back to the Fifties!
http://www.anno-expo.be

Brussels 1958 – 2008
You can find all activities organised in Brussels on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Expo 58 by visiting the relating official website set up by the Tourism and Convention Bureau of Brussels.
http://www.brussels-expo58.be

Expo 58 en de gouden jaren
Since April 7th, the VRT/Canvas-website Expo 58 en de gouden jaren (Expo 58 and the Golden Years) is online. The site provides more detailed information about the Canvas documentary series of the same name. Hundreds of short films on Expo 58 and the ‘60s immerse you back in the mood of the time. For creative minds, there is the Expo-labo. Shoot a short film, compose a song or make a collage, and make a chance on winning one of the fabulous prizes.
http://expojaren.canvas.be