While Lviv had an exhibition complex, its low economic potential (50% of Poznań’s budget) and predominantly non-Polish population (55% Jewish) posed significant obstacles.

[2] On 6 January 1927, the Minister of Industry and Trade sent Ratajski a decree approving the project for the Polish General Exhibition in Poznań in 1929, responding to a request from 22 November 1926.

[3] Despite this, in 1927, Głos Prawdy [pl], associated with the Piłsudski camp, openly opposed organizing the exhibition in Poznań, suggesting Warsaw instead.

[4] Plans included establishing a regular water transport route to Szczecin, prompting initial works in the inland port [pl].

The entire exhibition spanned 65 hectares, divided by existing public streets into five fenced sectors connected by footbridges.

The remaining divisions included: General Characteristics of the Country, Science and Education, Art, Hygiene and Social Care, Sports and Tourism, and Emigration.

[10] Highlights included equestrian competitions, polo matches, a live chess performance, music concerts, and Poland's first dog show.

[11] The exhibition marked significant milestones in Polish radio broadcasting, including the first live transmission of a football match.

On 23 June 1929, the first international field hockey match involving the Polish national team was held during the exhibition (a 0:4 loss to Czechoslovakia).

[13] Additionally, on 15 September 1929, Poland's first rescue demonstrations were organized by national ambulance services, the Polish Red Cross, and the military.

[14] Approximately 4.5 million people visited the exhibition over several months, including 200,000 foreign guests (90,000 Germans, 80,000 Czechoslovakians, and 10,000 Polish Americans).

[12] Research for the park involved visiting similar facilities in Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, Milan, and Vienna.

[13] For internal transportation within the exhibition grounds, 20 battery-powered chassis were purchased from France, based on which the tram workshops on Gajowa Street [pl] built small, open omnibuses with a capacity of 10 passengers, but with roof coverings.

[17] The official organ of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prager Presse, wrote that the exhibition demonstrated what Poland had achieved in the past decade in organizational matters and that "all this makes a powerful impression".

[17] Branko Lazarewicz (Yugoslavian diplomat) stated: "I was impressed by the constructive abilities of the Poles, who in the last ten years managed such an effort.

Le Figaro published an article by Stefan Aubac emphasizing the importance of the Exhibition for confirming Poland’s economic progress.

[17] Emanuel Evain, a deputy from Paris, wrote: "Poznań is the definitive resurrection of Poland, the miraculous flourishing of Polish genius, the harbinger of its future development".

[17] In July 1929, Financial News compared it to the 1924 world's fair, stating that the exhibition "can rightly be called Poland's Wembley.

[17] The Austrian Der Österreichische Volkswirt emphasized the immense progress made by the Poles over the last decade, noting that "Poland has managed, in just ten years, to consolidate the country administratively and economically to such an extent that this work is a success that has so far been insufficiently acknowledged".

[17] August Schmidt, a member of the exhibition committee in Antwerp, visited Poznań to prepare for a similar event in his city.

[17] The Dutch Algemeen Handelsblad noted that while the Poles had modeled their exhibition on the German ones, they had nonetheless achieved a distinctly Polish character for the event, which "evoked sincere admiration".

[17] On 16 May 1989, a ceremonial session was held at the Poznań Provincial Office to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Polish General Exhibition, presided over by the Chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal, Alfons Klafkowski [pl].

The Poznań Panorama organization was established for this purpose under the auspices of PRON (Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth) and the Society for Supporting Economic Initiatives.