List of world's fairs

This is a list of international and colonial world's fairs, as well as a list of national exhibitions, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), see List of world expositions.

1790s[]

• 1791 – Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods.^[1]
• 1798 – Paris, France – L'Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française, Paris, 1798.^[2] This was the first public industrial exposition in France although earlier in 1798 the Marquis d'Avèze had held a private exposition of handicrafts and manufactured goods at the Maison d'Orsay in the Rue de Varenne and it was this that suggested the idea of a public exposition to François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.^[3]

1800s[]

• 1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.^[4]
• 1802 – Paris, France – Third Exposition (1802)^[4]
• 1806 – Paris, France – Fourth Exposition (1806)^[4]

1810s[]

• 1819 – Paris, France – Fifth Exposition (1819)^[4]

1820s[]

• 1823 – Paris, France – Sixth Exposition (1823)^[4]
• 1827 – Paris, France – Seventh Exposition (1827)^[4]
• 1829 – New York City, United States – American Institute Fair
• 1829 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1829. In Turin, a second 'triennale' followed in 1832 before other national agricultural, industrial, commercial, and applied arts expositions there in 1838, 1844, 1850 and 1858.^[5]

1830s[]

• 1832 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832.^[6]
• 1834 – Paris, France – French Industrial Exposition of 1834^[4]
• 1838 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838.^[7]
• 1839 – Paris, France – Ninth Exposition (1839)^[8]

1840s[]

• 1844 – Paris, France – French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844^[4]
• 1844 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti.^[9]
• 1846 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionali^{[citation needed]}
• 1849 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers^[10]
• 1849 – London, United Kingdom – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849)^[11]
• 1849 – Paris, France – Eleventh Exposition (1849)^[4]

1850s[]

• 1850 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti^[12]
• 1851 – London, United Kingdom – The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations – The Crystal Palace (typically listed as the "first world's fair")^[13]
• 1852 – Cork, United Kingdom – Irish Industrial Exhibition^[14]
• 1853 – Naples, Two Sicilies – Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture^[15]
• 1853–1854 – New York City, United States – Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations^[13]
• 1853 – Dublin, United Kingdom – Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)^[13]
• 1854 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione Industriale^[16]
• 1854 – Munich, Bavaria – General German Industrial Exhibition (Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung)^[17]
• 1854 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))^[17]
• 1855 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1855)^[13][17]
• 1856 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exhibition^[18]
• 1857 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Art Treasures Exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford^[14]
• 1857 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Lausanne Exhibition^[18]
• 1858 – Dijon, France – Dijon Exposition^[19]
• 1858 – Philadelphia, United States – Philadelphia Technological Exhibition^[20]
• 1858 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria^[14][21]

1860s[]

• 1861 – Brisbane, Queensland -
• 1861 – Melbourne, Victoria -
• 1861 – Metz, France – Exposition Universelle (1861)^[22]
• 1861 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fisheries Exposition^[23]
• 1862 – Geelong, Victoria -
• 1862 – London, United Kingdom – 1862 International Exhibition^[13][17]
• 1863 – Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (Turkey) – ^[24]
• 1864 – Bayonne, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1865 – Cologne, Prussia – ^[25]
• 1865 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1865 – Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) – Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1865 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand Exhibition^[26]
• 1865 – Dublin, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures^[13][27]
• 1865 – Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate – Sierra Leone Exhibition^[28]
• 1865 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Internacional do Porto^[29]
• 1866 – Ballarat, Victoria - National Industrial Exhibition
• 1866 – Melbourne, Victoria - Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia
• 1866 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – International Fisheries Exposition^[23]
• 1866 – Arcachon, France – International Exposition of Fish and Water Products^[23]
• 1866 – Stockholm, Sweden – Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition^[30]
• 1867 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1867)^[13][17]
• 1867 – The Hague, Netherlands – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Aarhaus, Denmark – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Vienna, Austria – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Gothenburg, Sweden – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1868 – Le Havre, France – International Maritime Exposition^[23]
• 1869 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Exhibition of Domestic Economy^[18]

1870s[]

• 1870 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)^[31]
• 1871 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional^[18]
• 1871 – London, United Kingdom – First Annual International Exhibition (1871)^[13]
• 1871 – Naples, Italy – International Maritime Exposition^[23]
• 1872 – Hamilton, Bermuda –
• 1872 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Second Scandinavian Exhibition of Arts and Industry^[32]
• 1872 – London, United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)^[13]
• 1872 – Christchurch, New Zealand – New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition
• 1872 – Lima, Peru – Lima International Exhibition^[33]
• 1872 – Lyon, France – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)^[34]
• 1872 – Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)^[31]
• 1873 – London, United Kingdom – Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)^[13]
• 1873 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien^[13][17]
• 1873 – Sydney, New South Wales –
• 1874 – London, United Kingdom – Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)^[13]
• 1874 – Dublin, United Kingdom^[35] – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
• 1874 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)^[36]
• 1874 – Jamestown, St. Helena – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1874 – Marseille, France – Exhibition of Modern Inventions and Discoveries^[37]
• 1874 – Philadelphia, United States – Franklin Institute Exhibition^[38]
• 1875 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition^[31]
• 1875 – Nizhni Novgorod, Russia – Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)^[31]
• 1875 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Chilean International Exhibition^[31]
• 1876 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus^[39]
• 1876 – Helsinki, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition^[40]
• 1876 – Adelaide, South Australia –
• 1876 – Philadelphia, United States – Centennial Exposition^[13][17]
• 1876 – Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)^[41]
• 1876 – London, United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus^[42][20]
• 1877 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African International Exhibition^[43]
• 1877 – Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)^[44]
• 1877 – Sydney, New South Wales –
• 1877 – Adelaide, South Australia –
• 1878 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1878)^[13][17]
• 1878 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)^[31]
• 1878 – London, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1879 – Bendigo, Victoria -
• 1879 – Geelong, Victoria -
• 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales -
• 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney International Exhibition^[13][17]
• 1879 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)^[45]
• 1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International Agricultural Exhibition^[46]

1880s[]

• 1880 – Berlin, Germany – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1880 – Christchurch, New Zealand –
• 1880 – Adelaide, South Australia –
• 1880 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow Electrical Exhibition^[47][20]
• 1880-1881 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)^[13]
• 1881 – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – .^[48]
• 1881 – Matanzas, Spanish Cuba –
• 1881 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1881 – Paris, France – International Exposition of Electricity, Paris^[31]
• 1881 – Dunedin, New Zealand –
• 1881 – Atlanta, United States – International Cotton Exposition^[13]
• 1881 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Országos Nőipari Kiállitás^{[citation needed]}
• 1881 – London, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1881 – Tokyo, Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition^[49]
• 1881-1882 – Perth, Western Australia, Australia – ^[50]
• 1882 – Lille, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – Munich, Germany – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – Christchurch, New Zealand – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – London, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^[51]
• 1882 – Bordeaux, France – Exposition internationale des vins^[31]
• 1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana)^[52]
• 1883 – London, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Cork, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Colonial and Export Exhibition^[13]
• 1883 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition^[13]
• 1883 – Marseilles, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Christchurch, New Zealand –
• 1883 – Madrid, Spain – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Parramatta, New South Wales – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Hobart, Tasmania –
• 1883 – Launceston, Tasmania –
• 1883 – Louisville, United States – Southern Exposition^[13]
• 1883 – New York City, United States – (never held)^[36]
• 1883 – Caracas, Venezuela –
• 1883-1884 – Boston, United States – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations^[53]
• 1884 – Nice, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 – London, United Kingdom – ^[54]
• 1884 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 – Cape Town, Cape Colony -
• 1884 – Durban, South Africa – ^[55]
• 1884 – New Orleans, United States – World Cotton Centennial^[13]
• 1884 – Melbourne, Victoria^[31] – Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
• 1884 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – First International Forestry Exhibition^[31]
• 1884 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana^[31]
• 1884 – Adelaide, South Australia -
• 1885 – Melbourne, Victoria – (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony (now South Africa) – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)^[13]
• 1885 – Nuremberg, Germany – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition^[56]
• 1885 – Zaragoza, Spain – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – London, United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition^[57]
• 1886 – London, United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)^[13]
• 1886 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art^[13]
• 1886 – Liverpool, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)^[56][58]
• 1886 – Bendigo, Victoria -
• 1886 – Launceston, Tasmania -
• 1886 – Perth, Western Australia -
• 1887 – Le Havre, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Atlanta, Piedmont Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Royal Jubilee Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – London, United Kingdom – American Exhibition^[56]
• 1887 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Rome, Italy – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1887-1888 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)^[13]
• 1888 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1888)^[13]
• 1888 – Brussels, Belgium – ^[56]
• 1888 – Barcelona, Spain – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)^[13]
• 1888 - Cincinnati, Ohio - ^[59]
• 1888 – Lisbon, Portugal – ^[60]
• 1888 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling)^[56]
• 1888-1889 – Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Centennial Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1888-1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – ^[13]
• 1889 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1889) – Eiffel Tower^{[citation needed]}
• 1889 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)^[13]
• 1889 – Buffalo, United States – ^{[citation needed]}

1890s[]

• 1890 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -
• 1890 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1890 – Bremen, Germany – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung^[56]
• 1890 – London, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1890 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry^[51]
• 1890 – Ballarat, Victoria -
• 1891 – Moscow, Russia – Exposition française^{[citation needed]}
• 1891 – Frankfurt, Germany – International Electro-Technical Exhibition – 1891^{[citation needed]}
• 1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition (1891)^[13]
• 1891 – Prague, Austria-Hungary – General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds [1]
• 1891 – Adelaide, South Australia -
• 1891 – Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -
• 1891–1892 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)^[56]
• 1892 – Grenoble, France –
• 1892 – Genoa, Italy – Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892)
• 1892 – Washington, DC, United States – (never held)^[36]
• 1892 – London, United Kingdom –
• 1892 – Kimberley, Cape Colony – South African and International Exhibition^[61]
• 1892–1893 – Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition^[13]
• 1893 – Chicago, United States – World's Columbian Exposition^[13] – Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building
• 1893 – New York City, United States –
• 1894 – San Francisco, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894^[13]
• 1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)^[13]
• 1894 – Santiago, Chile -
• 1894 – Lyons, France – Exposition internationale et coloniale^[56]
• 1894 – Manchester, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1894 – Oporto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)^{[citation needed]}
• 1894 – Fremantle, Western Australia -
• 1895 – Adelaide, South Australia -
• 1895 – Hobart, Tasmania – ^[13]
• 1895 – Ballarat, Victoria – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1895 – Bordeaux, France –  [fr]
• 1895 – Kyoto, Japan -
• 1895 – Christchurch, New Zealand -
• 1895 – Atlanta, United States – Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)^[62]
• 1895 - Montevideo, Uruguay -
• 1896 – Rouen, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Kiel, Germany – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 - Wellington, New Zealand -
• 1896 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Malmö, Sweden – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Berlin, Germany – Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)^[56]
• 1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – (never held)^[36]
• 1896 – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom – ^[63]
• 1897 – Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)^[62]
• 1897 – Arcachon, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana^[62]
• 1897 – London, United Kingdom – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1897 – Brisbane, Queensland – ^[64]
• 1897 – Chicago, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1897 – Nashville, United States – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition^[62]
• 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm^[62]
• 1897 – Kiev, Ukraine – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Buenos Aires, Argentina –
• 1898 – Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Auckland, New Zealand – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Dunedin, New Zealand – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Omaha, United States – Trans-Mississippi Exposition^[62]
• 1898 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exposition (1898)^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Munich, Germany – Kraft – und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
• 1898 – San Francisco, United States – California's Golden Jubilee (1898)^[65]
• 1898 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana^[64]
• 1898 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung^[64]
• 1898 – Launceston, Tasmania -
• 1898 – Grahamstown, South Africa – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1899 – Coolgardie, Western Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition^[64]
• 1899 – Como, Italy – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Greater America Exposition
• 1899 – Philadelphia, United States – National Export Exposition^[64]
• 1899 – London, United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition^[66]

1900s[]

• 1900 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1900)^[62] – Le Grand Palais
• 1900 – Adelaide, South Australia – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1900 – Christchurch, New Zealand -
• 1901 – Bendigo, Australia -
• 1901 – Buffalo, United States – Pan-American Exposition^[62]
• 1901 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)^[62]
• 1901 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary –
• 1901 – Charleston, United States – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition^[62]
• 1902 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary –
• 1902 – Turin, Italy – ^[62]
• 1902 – Hanoi, French Indochina – Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale)^[62]
• 1902 – Lille, France –
• 1902 – Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – Cork International Exhibition^[67]
• 1902 – Wolverhampton, United Kingdom –
• 1902 – St. Petersburg, Russia – International Fisheries Exhibition
• 1902 – New York City, United States – United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held)^[36]
• 1902 – Toledo, Ohio, United States – – (never held)^[36]
• 1903 – Melbourne, Australia -
• 1903 – Osaka, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition^[64]
• 1904 – St. Louis, United States – Louisiana Purchase Exposition^[62] (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
• 1904 – Cape Town, South Africa –
• 1905 – Portland, United States – Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition^[62]
• 1905 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège (1905)^[62]
• 1905 – London, United Kingdom – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition^[64]
• 1905 – New York City, United States – ^[68]
• 1906 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary –
• 1906 – Milan, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione^[62]
• 1906 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition^[64]
• 1906 – Marseille, France – Exposition coloniale (1906)^[69]
• 1906 – Bucharest, Romania –
• 1906 – Tourcoing, France –
• 1906–1907 – Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)^[62]
• 1907 – Bordeaux, France –  [fr]
• 1907 – Tokyo, Japan –
• 1907 – Bergen, Norway –
• 1907 – Dublin, United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition^[62]
• 1907 – Hampton Roads, United States – Jamestown Exposition
• 1907 – Chicago, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1907 – Mannheim, Germany – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1908 – Marseille, France –
• 1908 – Trondheim, Norway –
• 1908 – Zaragoza, Spain – Hispano-French Exposition of 1908^[64]
• 1908 – London, United Kingdom – Franco-British Exhibition (1908)^[62]
• 1908 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – ^[70][71]
• 1908 – New York City, United States –
• 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil
• 1908 – Marseille, France – ^[72][73]
• 1909 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition^[74]
• 1909 – Nancy, France – Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France^{[citation needed]}
• 1909 – Seattle, United States – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition^[62]
• 1909 – New York City, United States – Hudson-Fulton Celebration^[75]
• 1909 – San Francisco, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1909 – Quito, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition^[64]

1910s[]

• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary –
• 1910 – Santiago, Chile -
• 1910 – Bogotá, Colombia – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1910 – Nanking, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition^[62]
• 1910 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910^[62]
• 1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario^{[citation needed]}
• 1910 – Nagoya, Japan -
• 1910 – London, United Kingdom – Japan–British Exhibition^[64]
• 1910 – San Francisco, United States – September 8, 9, 10^{[76][77][78][79][80]}
• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – ^[64]
• 1911 – Charleroi, Belgium –
• 1911 – Havana, Cuba – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1911 – Roubaix, France –
• 1911 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exhibition^[64]
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – ^[64]
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Empire^{[citation needed]}
• 1911 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)^[64]
• 1911 – Wellington, New Zealand -
• 1911 – Turin, Italy – Turin International^[64]
• 1911 – Omsk, Russia –
• 1911 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry^[64]
• 1911 – New York City, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1912 – Manila, Philippines – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1912 – London, United Kingdom – Latin-British Exhibition^[81]
• 1912,1917 – Tokyo, Japan – (planned for 1912, postponed to 1917 and then never held)^[82]
• 1913 – Melbourne, Australia -
• 1913 – Leipzig, Germany –
• 1913 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Exhibition^[81]
• 1913 – Ghent, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)^[62]
• 1913 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813–1913^[83]
• 1913 – Kiev, Ukraine –
• 1913 – Knoxville, United States – National Conservation Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – London – Anglo-American Exhibition^[81]
• 1914 – Malmö, Sweden – Baltic Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Lyon, France – Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Tokyo, Japan –
• 1914 – Cologne, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition (1914)^[84]
• 1914 – Bristol, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1914)^[85]
• 1914 – Nottingham, United Kingdom – Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held)^[86][87]
• 1914 – Semarang, Dutch East Indies – Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (Colonial Exposition)^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Kristiania, Norway – 1914 Jubilee Exhibition (Norges Jubilæumsutstilling)^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Baltimore, United States – ^[88]
• 1914 – Genoa, Italy – International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – Casablanca, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – San Francisco, United States – Panama–Pacific International Exposition^[62] Palace of Fine Arts
• 1915 – Panama City, Panama – ^[81]
• 1915 – Richmond, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – Chicago, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1915-1916 – San Diego, United States – Panama–California Exposition^[62]
• 1916 – Wellington, New Zealand -
• 1918 – New York City, United States – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries^[81]
• 1918 – Los Angeles, United States – ^{[citation needed]}

1920s[]

• 1920 – Adelaide, Australia -
• 1920 – Shanghai, Republic of China – American-Chinese Exposition^[36]
• 1921 – Riga, Latvia –
• 1921 – Wellington, New Zealand -
• 1921 – London, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
• 1922 – Marseille, France – Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)^[81]
• 1922 – Tokyo, Japan – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1922 – Christchurch, New Zealand -
• 1922-1923 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)^[62]
• 1923 – Auckland, New Zealand -
• 1923 – Los Angeles, United States –
• 1923 – Calcutta, India – preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
• 1923 – Moscow, Soviet Union –
• 1923 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (Liseberg)^[81]
• 1923-1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British and Intercolonial Exhibition^[89]
• 1924 – Wembley, London, United Kingdom – British Empire Exhibition
• 1924 – New York City, United States – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1924-1925 Buenos Aires, Argentina -
• 1925 – Adelaide, Australia -
• 1925 – Lyon, France – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1925 – Wellington, New Zealand -
• 1925 – San Francisco, United States –
• 1925 – Paris, France – Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes^[62]
• 1925-1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition^[62]
• 1926 – Philadelphia, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition^[62]
• 1926 – Berlin, Germany –
• 1927 – Lyon, France –
• 1927 – Stuttgart, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition
• 1928 – Cologne, Germany – International Press Exhibition
• 1928 – Long Beach, United States – ^[62]
• 1929 – Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom – North East Coast Exhibition
• 1929 – Hangzhou, Republic of China – Westlake Exposition
• 1929-1930 – Seville, Spain – Ibero-American Exposition
• 1929-1930 – Barcelona, Spain,^[62] – 1929 Barcelona International Exposition

1930s[]

• 1930 - Adelaide, Australia -
• 1930 – Antwerp, Belgium^[62] – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand
• 1930 – Liège, Belgium^[90] – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien
• 1930 – Oran, Algeria – Oran Exposition
• 1930 – Dresden, Germany –
• 1930 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm International Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)^[91]
• 1930 – Trondheim, Norway – Trøndelag Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1931 – Paris, France^[90] – Paris Colonial Exposition^[91]
• 1931 – Berlin, Germany –
• 1932 – Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine – Levant Fair^[92]
• 1933 – Tokyo, Japan –
• 1933-1934 – Buenos Aires, Argentina -
• 1933–1934 – Chicago, United States^[90] – Century of Progress International Exposition^[91]
• 1934 – Melbourne, Australia -
• 1934 – Porto, Portugal – Portuguese colonial exhibition^[81][91]
• 1934 – Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine – Levant Fair^[91]
• 1935 – Yokohama, Japan -
• 1935 – Moscow, USSR – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV)^{[citation needed]}
• 1935 – Brussels, Belgium^[90][91] – Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)
• 1935 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair^[91]
• 1935 – Taipai. Taiwan under Japanese rule – The Taiwan Exposition: In Commemoration of the First Forty Years of Colonial Rule^[93]
• 1935-1936 – San Diego, United States^[90] – California Pacific International Exposition^[91]
• 1936 – Adelaide, Australia -
• 1936 – Stockholm^[94] ILIS 1936
• 1936 – Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine – Levant Fair^{[citation needed]}
• 1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition^[81]
• 1936 – Dallas, United States – Texas Centennial Exposition^[81]
• 1936–1937 – Johannesburg, Union of South Africa^[90] – Empire Exhibition, South Africa^[95][91]
• 1937 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1937 – Dallas, United States – Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition^[81][91]
• 1937 – Berlin, Germany –
• 1937 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk^[81]
• 1937 – Miami, United States^[91] –
• 1937 – Paris, France^[90][91] – Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
• 1937 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition^[91]
• 1938 – Berlin, Germany –
• 1938 – Glasgow, United Kingdom^[90] – Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
• 1938 – Helsinki, Finland^[94] Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
• 1939 – Wellington, New Zealand^[91] – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
• 1939 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)^[81][94]
• 1939 – Zürich, Switzerland –
• 1939 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
• 1939–1940 – New York City, United States^[90] – 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
• 1939–1940 – San Francisco, United States^[90] – Golden Gate International Exposition

1940s[]

• 1940 – Lisbon, Portugal^[90] – Portuguese World Exhibition
• 1940 – Chicago, United States – American Negro Exposition
• 1940 – Los Angeles, United States – (never held)^[36][96]
• 1940 – Naples, Italy – Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)
• 1940 – Tokyo, Japan – (never held)^[36][96]
• 1942 – Los Angeles, United States – (never held)^[36]
• 1942 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held)^[36][96]
• 1943 – Stockholm, Sweden – Norwegian Exhibition^[97]
• 1947 – Paris, France^[94] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1948 – Brussels, Belgium – Foire coloniale (1948)
• 1949 – Stockholm, Sweden – Universal Sport Exhibition^[94]
• 1949 – Lyon, France^[94] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti^[90] – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

1950s[]

• 1951 – Lille, France^[94] – The International Textile Exhibition^[98]
• 1951 – London, United Kingdom^[90] – Festival of Britain – Skylon
• 1952 – Colombo, Sri Lanka – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1953 – St Louis, United States – intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held^[96]
• 1953 - Manila, Philippines - the Philippine International Fair of 1953, 1 February - 30 April 1953, to show off the recovery of the Philippines and as the first democracy in the Far East^{[99][100][101]}
• 1953 – Jerusalem, Israel – International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert^[94]
• 1953 – Rome, Italy – Agricultural Exposition of Rome EA 53 Rome^[94][102]
• 1954 – Naples, Italy – Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei^[94][102]
• 1954 – Bogota, Colombia – First International Industry and Commerce Fair of Bogota^{[citation needed]}
• 1954–1955 – São Paulo, Brazil – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1955 – Turin, Italy – International Expo of Sport Turin 1955^[94][102]
• 1955 – Helsingborg, Sweden^[94] Helsingborg Exhibition 1955^[103]
• 1955 – Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic – Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre^[81]
• 1956 – Beit Dagan, Israel – Exhibition of citriculture^[94]
• 1957 – Berlin, Germany^{[clarification needed][94]}
• 1958 – Brussels, Belgium^[90] – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium
• 1959 – New Delhi, India – ^{[citation needed]}
• 1959 – Moscow, USSR – VDNKh^{[citation needed]}

1960s[]

• 1960 – cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)
• 1961 – Turin, Italy – Exposition International du Travail^[94][104] Expo 61
• 1962 – Seattle, United States^[90] – Century 21 Exposition – Space Needle
• 1964 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Expo 64 -
• 1964–1965 – New York City, United States^[90] – 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note: not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) – Unisphere
• 1965 – Munich, West Germany – ^[105]
• 1967 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada^[90] – Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967)
• 1968 – San Antonio, United States^[90][94] – HemisFair '68 – Tower of the Americas

1970s[]

• 1970 – Osaka, Japan^[90] – Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
• 1971 – Budapest, Hungary^[94][106] – Expo 71 (Exhibition World of Hunting)
• 1974 – Spokane, United States^[90][94] – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) – Riverfront Park
• 1975 – Okinawa, Japan^[90][94] – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s[]

• 1981 – Plovdiv – Expo 81^{[citation needed]}
• 1982 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States^[94] – 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) – Sunsphere
• 1984 – New Orleans, United States^[90][94] – 1984 Louisiana World Exposition [a.k.a., 1984 World's Fair] (Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life")
• 1985 – Plovdiv – Expo 85^{[citation needed]}
• 1985 – Tsukuba, Japan^[90][94] – Expo '85
• 1986 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^[90][94] – Expo 86 (1986 World Exposition)
  • to date, the last World's Fair to be held in North America
• 1988 – Brisbane, Australia^[90][94] – Expo '88 (World Expo '88) – Skyneedle

1990s[]

• 1991 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young^[94][107]
• 1992 – three expositions (1 was cancelled) celebrating 500 years since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas
  • Seville, Spain^[90] – Seville Expo '92 Universal Exposition, port where Columbus started his voyage
  • Genoa, Italy^[90] – Genoa Expo '92 Specialized Exposition, city where Columbus was born
  • Chicago, U.S. (Cancelled)^[108] – meant to generically represent the Americas-side of Columbus' voyage
• 1993 – Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea^[90] – Expo '93
• 1995 – Vienna, Austria which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held^[108]
• 1996 – cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary)^[108]
• 1998 – Lisbon, Portugal^[90] – Expo '98
• 1999 – Kunming, People's Republic of China – World Horticultural Exposition^[81]

2000s[]

• 2000 – Hanover, Germany^[109] – Expo 2000
• 2000 – Greenwich, London, United Kingdom – Millennium Dome^[81]
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Metro Manila, Philippines)^[110][111]
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)^[111]
• 2002 – Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02
• 2004 – cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France)^[112]
• 2004 – Barcelona, Spain – Universal Forum of World Cultures^[81]
• 2005 – Aichi, Japan – Expo 2005^[113]
• 2008 – Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008^[114]

2010s[]

• 2010 – Shanghai,^[109] China – Expo 2010
• 2012 – Yeosu,^[115] South Korea – Expo 2012
• 2015 – Milan, Italy – Expo 2015
• 2017 – Astana, Kazakhstan – Expo 2017
• 2019 – Beijing, China – Expo 2019

2020s[]

• 2021-2022^[116] – Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Expo 2020^[117]
• 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina — Expo 2023^[118]
• 2025 – Osaka^[119] — Expo 2025

Future bids and candidate cities[]

• 2030 – Russia has submitted Moscow for the Expo 2030 to be held between 27 April and 27 October 2030.^[120]

See also[]

• List of tourist attractions worldwide
• List of world expositions

References[]

External links[]

• ExpoMuseum – The World's Fair Museum
• ExpoBids – Proposed and Active Bids for Future World's Fairs
• Official website of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
• Osaka, Kansai JAPAN EXPO 2025