Inauguration Ceremony

The Inauguration Ceremony took place on 14.05.2002 from 16:30 to 17:30 in the Patinoire du Littoral on the Arteplage Neuchâtel

That afternoon, the guests were invited to a film studio. The guests were among the actors and actresses who played a leading role in the Expo.02 supporting film, as the guests conveyed the beginning of an exhibition to the entire Swiss population, which was then handed over to them. 

The decor was all white - like a white, still untouched page. But that changed: the first strokes were already visible on this white at the end of the Inauguration Ceremony. By then, Expo.02 had already left some concrete impressions. It had begun its 159-day journey. The guests found themselves in the antechamber to Expo.02, so to speak, and behind it the Arteplages awaited them.

SRG SSR idée suisse broadcast the official Inauguration Ceremony.