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 fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...

s (with notable permanent buildings built).

1790s

* 1791 –

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in

Clementinum The Clementinum (''Klementinum'' in Czech) is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries; the City Library was also nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. In 2009, th ...

, considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods. For this occasion, Mozart wrote his final opera

La Clemenza di Tito ' (''The Clemency of Titus''), K. 621, is an ''opera seria'' in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio. It was started after most of ' (''The Magic Flute''), the last o ...

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

– L' Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française, Paris, 1798. 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 François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.

1800s

* 1801 –

– 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.'Sketch of the French Expositions,' Hogg's Instructor New Series 6 (1851) 372–373. * 1802 –

– Third Exposition (1802) * 1806 –

– Fourth Exposition (1806)

1810s

* 1819 –

– Fifth Exposition (1819)

1820s

* 1823 –

– Sixth Exposition (1823) * 1827 –

– Seventh Exposition (1827) * 1829 –

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

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American Institute Fair The American Institute Fair was held annually from 1829 until at least 1897 in New York City by the American Institute. The American Institute was founded in 1829 "for the encouragement of agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and the arts." The ...

* 1829 –

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

Piedmont-Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

– 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.

1830s

* 1832 –

– Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832. * 1834 –

– French Industrial Exposition of 1834 * 1838 –

– Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838. * 1839 –

– Ninth Exposition (1839)

1840s

* 1844 –

– French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844 * 1844 –

– Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti. * 1846 –

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

– Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionali * 1849 –

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

– Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers * 1849 –

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

– First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849) * 1849 –

– Eleventh Exposition (1849)

1850s

* 1850 –

– Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti * 1851 –

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The Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took p ...

of the Works of Industry of All Nations –

The Crystal Palace The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around th ...

(typically listed as the "first world's fair") * 1852 – Cork,

– Irish Industrial Exhibition * 1853 –

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( it, Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and all ...

– Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture * 1853–1854 –

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Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations was a World's Fair held in 1853 in what is now Bryant Park in New York City, in the wake of the highly successful 1851 Great Exhibition in London. It aimed to showcase the new industrial achievements ...

* 1853 –

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

– Great Industrial Exhibition (1853) * 1854 –

– Esposizione Industriale * 1854 –

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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General German Industrial Exhibition The General German Industrial Exhibition was designed to demonstrate German industry to a global audience, but was adversely impacted by a cholera epidemic. It ran from 15 July 1854 until 15 October. There more than 5,000 visitors a day with mor ...

(Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung) * 1854 –

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

– Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)) * 1855 –

– Exposition Universelle (1855) *1856 –

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

– International Exhibition * 1857 –

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

– Art Treasures Exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford * 1857 –

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

, Switzerland – Lausanne Exhibition * 1858 –

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

– Dijon Exposition *1858 –

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

– Philadelphia Technological Exhibition * 1858 –

– Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria

1860s

* 1860 –

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

- Grand Exhibition of the Industrial Products of United Canada at the Crystal Palace (Montreal) * 1861 –

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

– First Queensland Exhibition * 1861 –

– Second Victorian Exhibition * 1861 –

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...

– Exposition Universelle (1861) * 1861 –

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

– Fisheries Exposition * 1862 – Geelong,

- Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry * 1862 –

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1862 International Exhibition The International Exhibition of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a world's fair. It was held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London, England, on a site that now houses ...

* 1863 –

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

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Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

(

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

) – Ottoman General Exposition * 1864 – Bayonne,

– Franco-Spanish Exposition * 1865 –

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

– International Agricultural Exhibition * 1865 –

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

– International Fisheries Exhibition * 1865 – Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) – Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition * 1865 –

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

– New Zealand Exhibition * 1865 –

– International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures * 1865 –

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and po ...

Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate The Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (informally British Sierra Leone) was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone from 1808 to 1961, part of the British Empire from the abolitionism era until the decolonisation era. The C ...

– Sierra Leone Exhibition * 1865 –

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

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1865 International Exhibition The Exposição Internacional do Porto, known in English as the International Exhibition of 1865, was a world's fair held in the Portuguese city of Porto. The exhibition was housed inside the grand '' Palácio de Cristal'', which was modelled ...

* 1866 – Ballarat,

– National Industrial Exhibition * 1866 –

– Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia * 1866 –

Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C ...

– International Fisheries Exposition * 1866 –

Arcachon Arcachon ( ; ) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde. It is a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast southwest of Bordeaux, in the Landes forest. It has a sandy beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for i ...

– International Exposition of Fish and Water Products * 1866 – Stockholm, Sweden – Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition * 1867 –

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Exposition Universelle (1867) The International Exposition of 1867 (french: Exposition universelle 'art et d'industriede 1867), was the second world's fair to be held in Paris, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. A number of nations were represented at the fair. Following a dec ...

* 1867 –

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

– International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 – Aarhaus,

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

– International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

– International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 – Gothenburg, Sweden – International Maritime Exhibition * 1868 –

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

– International Maritime Exposition * 1869 –

– International Exhibition of Domestic Economy

1870s

* 1870 – Sydney,

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

– Intercolonial Exhibition (1870) *1871 – Córdoba,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

– Exposición Nacional * 1871 –

– First Annual International Exhibition (1871) * 1871 –

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

– International Maritime Exposition * 1872 – Hamilton, Bermuda – Industrial and Loan Exhibition * 1872 –

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

– Second Scandinavian Exhibition of Arts and Industry * 1872 –

– Second Annual International Exhibition (1872) * 1872 –

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, New Zealand – New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition * 1872 –

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

– Lima International Exhibition * 1872 –

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

– Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872) * 1872 –

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...

, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872) * 1873 –

– Third Annual International Exhibition (1873) * 1873 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

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Weltausstellung 1873 Wien The 1873 Vienna World's Fair (german: Weltausstellung 1873 Wien) was the large world exposition that was held in 1873 in the Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungarian capital Vienna. Its motto was "Culture and Education" (). History As well as being a c ...

* 1873 – Sydney,

– Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873) * 1874 –

– Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874) * 1874 –

– International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874) * 1874 –

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

– Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held) * 1874 – Jamestown, St. Helena – St. Helena Industrial Exhibition *1874 –

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

– Exhibition of Modern Inventions and Discoveries *1874 –

– Franklin Institute Exhibition * 1875 –

– Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition * 1875 –

Nizhni Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

– Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875) * 1875 – Sydney,

– Intercolonial Exhibition (1875) * 1875 –

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

– Chilean International Exhibition * 1876 –

– International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus * 1876 –

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

– Finnish General Exhibition * 1876 –

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

– Adelaide Industrial Exhibition * 1876 –

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Centennial Exposition The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair to be held in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the ...

* 1876 –

– Intercolonial Exhibition (1876) *1876 –

– London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus * 1877 –

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with t ...

– South African International Exhibition * 1877 –

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) ( Ueno Park) * 1877 – Sydney,

– Sydney Metropolitan and Intercolonial Exhibition * 1877 –

– Adelaide Industrial Exhibition * 1878 –

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Exposition Universelle (1878) The third Paris World's Fair, called an Exposition Universelle in French, was held from 1 May to 10 November 1878. It celebrated the recovery of France after the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. Construction The buildings and the fairgroun ...

* 1878 – Ballarat,

– Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878) * 1878 –

– International Fisheries Exhibition * 1879 – Bendigo,

– Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Geelong,

– Geelong Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Sydney,

– Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Sydney,

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Sydney International Exhibition The Sydney International Exhibition was established headed by Lord Augustus Loftus and took place in Sydney in 1879, after being preceded by a number of Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibitions through the 1870s in Prince Alfred Park. Organi ...

* 1879 –

– Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879) * 1879 – Kilburn,

– International Agricultural Exhibition

1880s

* 1880 –

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

– International Fisheries Exhibition * 1880 –

, New Zealand – Christchurch Industrial Exhibition * 1880 –

– Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition * 1880 –

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

– Glasgow Electrical Exhibition * 1880-1881 –

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Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) The Melbourne International Exhibition is the eighth World's fair officially recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and the first official World's Fair in the Southern Hemisphere. Preparations After being granted self-gov ...

* 1881 – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – Adelaide Exhibition. * 1881 – Matanzas, Spanish Cuba – Exhibition of Matanzas * 1881 –

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

– Milwaukee Industrial Exposition * 1881 –

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International Exposition of Electricity, Paris The first International Exposition of Electricity in Paris ran from August 15, 1881 through to November 15, 1881 at the Palais de l'Industrie on the Champs-Élysées. It served to display the advances in electrical technology since the small elect ...

* 1881 –

, New Zealand – Dunedin Industrial Exhibition * 1881 –

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

– International Cotton Exposition * 1881 –

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

– Országos Nőipari Kiállitás * 1881 –

– International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition * 1881 –

, Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition * 1881-1882 –

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

, Australia – Perth International Exhibition * 1882 –

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...

– International Exposition of Industrial Art * 1882 –

– International Electrical Exposition * 1882 –

– New Zealand International Exhibition * 1882 –

– Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition * 1882 –

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

– International Fisheries Exhibition * 1882 –

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

– Exposition internationale des vins * 1882 –

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

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South American Continental Exhibition The South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana) was held in Buenos Aires from 14 March to 31 July 1882. Organisation The fair was organised by the Industrial Club of Buenos Aires who had organised an industrial ...

(Exposición Continental Sud-Americana) * 1883 –

– International Electric Exhibition * 1883 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

– International Electrical Exposition * 1883 – Cork,

– Cork Industrial Exhibition * 1883 –

– International Colonial and Export Exhibition * 1883 –

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

– Calcutta International Exhibition * 1883 – Marseilles,

– International Maritime Exposition * 1883 –

, New Zealand – All Colonial Exhibition * 1883 –

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

– Exposition of Mining and Metallurgy * 1883 –

South Kensington South Kensington, nicknamed Little Paris, is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with ...

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International Fisheries Exhibition The International Fisheries Exhibition was a Victorian era scientific, cultural, and animal exhibition open in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom, between May 12 and October 31, 1883. (The busiest day was May 15, when the official visitor co ...

* 1883 –

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

– Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1883 – Hobart,

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– Tasmanian Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1883 – Launceston,

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

– Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1883 –

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

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Southern Exposition The Southern Exposition was a five-year series of world's fairs held in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1883 to 1887 in what is now Louisville's Old Louisville neighborhood. The exposition, held for 100 days each year on immediately sout ...

* 1883 –

– World's Fair (1883) (never held) * 1883 –

Caracas, Venezuela Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

– National Exposition of Venezuela * 1883–1884 –

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

– The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations * 1884 –

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

– International Exposition of Nice * 1884 –

– International Agricultural Exhibition * 1884 –

– London International Universal Exhibition * 1884 –

– International Health and Education Exhibition * 1884 –

– South African Industrial Exhibition * 1884 –

Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

– Natal Agricultural, Horticultural, Industrial and Art Exhibition * 1884 –

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

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World Cotton Centennial The World Cotton Centennial (also known as the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition) was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1884. At a time when nearly one third of all cotton produced in the United Sta ...

* 1884 –

– Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed * 1884 –

– First International Forestry Exhibition * 1884 –

– Esposizione Generale Italiana * 1884 –

– Grand Industrial Exhibition * 1885 –

– Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition) * 1885 – Port Elizabeth,

(now

) – South African Exhibition * 1885 – Antwerp,

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Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885) The Antwerp International Exposition ( nl, Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, french: Exposition Internationale d'Anvers) was a world's fair held in Antwerp, Belgium, between 2 May and 2 November 1885. It covered , attracted 3.5 million visit ...

* 1885 –

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

– International Exposition of Metals and Metallurgy * 1885 –

– Hungarian National Exhibition * 1885 –

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...

– New Zealand Industrial Exhibition * 1885 –

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

– Aragonese Exposition * 1885 –

– International Inventions Exhibition * 1886 –

– Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886) * 1886 –

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International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art The International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art was a World's fair held in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1886. Summary The exhibition was held in The Meadows. It was opened on 6 May by Prince Albert Victor and ran to 30 October, occupied 30 ...

* 1886 –

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

– International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886) * 1886 – Bendigo,

– Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1886 – Launceston,

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

– Launceston Industrial Exhibition * 1886 –

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

– West Australian Exhibition * 1887 –

– International Maritime Exposition * 1887 –

, Piedmont Exposition * 1887 – Geelong,

– Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887) * 1887 –

– Royal Jubilee Exhibition * 1887 –

– American Exhibition * 1887 –

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

– Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition * 1887 –

– Esposizione mondiale (1887) * 1887 –

– '' Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas'' * 1887–1888 –

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Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition The Adelaide International Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne on 20 June 1837, held in Adelaide, South Australia in 1887. It was also a celebration of the 50th annivers ...

(1887) * 1888 –

– International Exhibition (1888) * 1888 –

– Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888) * 1888 –

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) The 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition (in Catalan: ''Exposició Universal de Barcelona'' and ''Exposición Universal de Barcelona'' in Spanish) was Spain's first International World's Fair and ran from 8 April to 9 December 1888. It was also the ...

* 1888 –

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

– Cincinnati Centennial Exposition (1888) * 1888 – Lisbon,

– Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888) * 1888 –

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The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 The Nordic exhibition of Industry, Agriculture, and Art of 1888 (''Den Nordiske Industri-, Landbrugs- og Kunstudstilling i Kjøbenhavn 1888'') was an exhibition that aimed to feature the best of art, industry, and agriculture from the five Nordi ...

(Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling) * 1888–1889 –

, Australia – Melbourne Centennial Exhibition * 1888–1889 –

– Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888) * 1889 –

– Exposition Universelle (1889) –

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed "' ...

* 1889 –

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New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889) The New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition was an international exhibition held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 November 1889 to 19 April 1890. Organization D. H. Hasting proposed the hosting of an international exhibition in Dunedin, New Zealand ...

* 1889 – Buffalo,

– International Industrial Fair (1889)

1890s

* 1890 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition * 1890 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

– Agricultural and Forestry Exposition * 1890 – Bremen,

– Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung * 1890 –

– International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy * 1890 –

– International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry * 1890 – Ballarat,

- Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1891 –

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

– Exposition française * 1891 –

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

– International Electro-Technical Exhibition – 1891 * 1891 – Kingston,

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

– International Exhibition (1891) * 1891 –

– General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Ground

* 1891 –

– Industrial Exhibition of South Australian Industries, Products and Manufactures * 1891 – Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Exhibition * 1891–1892 – Launceston,

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– Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891) * 1892 –

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

– International Alpine Exposition of Grenoble * 1892 –

– Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892) * 1892 –

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– Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held) * 1892 –

– Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition * 1892 – Kimberley,

– South African and International Exhibition * 1892–1893 –

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Historical American Exposition The 1892 Historical American Exposition held in Madrid was intended to mark the four hundredth year of the discovery of America. Participants Several countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, E ...

* 1893 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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World's Columbian Exposition The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, hel ...

– Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building * 1893 –

– World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) * 1894 –

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

– California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 * 1894 – Antwerp,

– Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894) * 1894 – Santiago, Chile – International Mining and Metallurgical Exposition * 1894 –

– Exposition internationale et coloniale * 1894 –

– British and Colonial Exhibition * 1894 –

Oporto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

– Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894) * 1894 – Fremantle,

– Fremantle Industrial Exhibition * 1895 –

– Exhibition of Art and Industry * 1895 – Hobart,

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– Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895) * 1895 – Ballarat,

– Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895) * 1895 –

– * 1895 –

Kyoto, Japan Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the cit ...

– National Japanese Exhibition * 1895 –

, New Zealand – Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1895 –

– Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition) * 1895 -

Montevideo, Uruguay Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern c ...

- National Agricultural Exhibition * 1896 – Rouen,

– National and Colonial Exposition * 1896 –

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

– International Shipping and Fishery Exposition * 1896 –

– Hungarian Millenary Exhibition * 1896 –

, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition * 1896 –

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

– Pan Russian Exhibition * 1896 –

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and Handicraft Exhibition * 1896 –

– Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896) * 1896 –

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

– International Exposition (1896) (never held) * 1896 –

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

– Cardiff Fine Arts, Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition * 1897 –

– Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897) * 1897 –

– Arcachon International Exposition * 1897 –

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...

, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana * 1897 –

– Imperial Victorian Exhibition * 1897 –

– Queensland International Exhibition * 1897 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

– Irish Fair (1897) * 1897 – Nashville,

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Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the union in 17 ...

* 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden –

General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897 ( sv, Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen) also known as Stockholm Exhibition or Stockholm World's Fair (''Stockholmsutställningen'') was a World's Fair staged in 1897 in Stoc ...

* 1897 – Kiev,

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

– Agricultural Exhibition * 1898 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – National Exhibition * 1898 –

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

– Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (1898) * 1898 –

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

– Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition * 1898 –

– Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898) * 1898 – Omaha,

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Trans-Mississippi Exposition The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1 to November 1 of 1898. Its goal was to showcase the development of the entire West, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Co ...

* 1898 –

– International Fisheries Exposition (1898) * 1898 –

– Kraft – und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898) * 1898 –

– California's Golden Jubilee (1898) * 1898 –

– Esposizione Generale Italiana * 1898 –

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– Jubiläums-Ausstellung * 1898 – Launceston,

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– Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1898 –

Grahamstown Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London. Makhanda is the largest town in the Makana ...

– Industrial and Arts Exhibition * 1899 – Coolgardie,

– Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition * 1899 –

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...

– Como Electrical Exhibition * 1899 –

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

– Greater America Exposition * 1899 –

– National Export Exposition * 1899 –

– Greater Britain Exhibition

1900s

* 1900 –

– Exposition Universelle (1900) – Le Grand Palais * 1900 –

– Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900) * 1900 –

, New Zealand – Canterbury Jubilee Industrial Exhibition * 1901 – Bendigo, Australia – Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition * 1901 – Buffalo,

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Pan-American Exposition The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood A ...

* 1901 –

– Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) * 1901 –

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– Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901) * 1901 – Charleston,

– South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition * 1902 –

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– International Fishery Exposition * 1902 –

– Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna * 1902 –

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

– Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale) * 1902 –

– International Exposition of Lille * 1902 – Cork,

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Grea ...

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Cork International Exhibition The International Exhibition (sometimes ''Cork International Exhibition'') was a world's fair held in Cork, Ireland, in 1902, 50 years after the first world's fair held in Ireland, which also took place in Cork. At the time of the exhibition, Ir ...

* 1902 –

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...

– Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1902 –

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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* 1902 –

– United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held) * 1902 – Toledo,

– Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) – (never held) * 1903 – Melbourne, Australia – Australian Federal International Exhibition * 1903 –

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition * 1904 –

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

– Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

): 1904 Summer Olympics * 1904 –

– Cape Town Industrial Exhibition * 1905 – Portland,

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Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portlan ...

* 1905 – Liège,

– Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège (1905) * 1905 –

– Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition * 1905 –

– Irish Industrial Exposition (1905) * 1906 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

– Hygiene Exhibition * 1906 –

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

– Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione * 1906 –

– Imperial Austrian Exhibition * 1906 –

– Exposition coloniale (1906) * 1906 –

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

– Romanian General Exposition * 1906 –

Tourcoing Tourcoing (; nl, Toerkonje ; vls, Terkoeje; pcd, Tourco) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubai ...

– International Exposition of Textile Industries * 1906–1907 –

– International Exhibition (1906) * 1907 –

– * 1907 –

, Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition * 1907 –

– Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition * 1907 –

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Irish International Exhibition The Irish International Exhibition (sometimes ''Dublin International'') was a world's fair held in Dublin in 1907, when all of Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom. Summary The decision to hold the exhibition was taken at the Irish Ind ...

* 1907 – Hampton Roads,

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Jamestown Exposition The Jamestown Exposition was one of the many world's fairs and expositions that were popular in the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, it w ...

* 1907 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

– World's Pure Food Exposition (1907) * 1907 –

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

– Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907) * 1908 –

– Exposition of Electricity * 1908 –

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

– Scandinavian Fisheries Exhibition * 1908 –

– Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 * 1908 –

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Franco-British Exhibition (1908) The Franco-British Exhibition was a large public fair held in London between 14 May and 31 October 1908. The exhibition attracted 8 million visitors and celebrated the Entente Cordiale signed in 1904 by the United Kingdom and France. The chief ar ...

* 1908 –

– Scottish National Exhibition * 1908 –

– International Mining Exposition (1908) * 1908 –

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

– Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil * 1908 –

– Exposition International de l'Electricite * 1909 –

– Imperial International Exhibition * 1909 – Nancy,

– Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France * 1909 –

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

– Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition * 1909 –

– Hudson-Fulton Celebration * 1909 –

– Portolá Festival (1909) * 1909 – Quito,

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

– National Ecuadorian Exposition

1910s

* 1910 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

– International Hunting Exposition * 1910 – Santiago, Chile –

International Agricultural and Industrial Exposition International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

* 1910 – Bogotá, Colombia – Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910) * 1910 –

Nanking Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, China –

Nanyang Industrial Exposition The 1910 Nanyang industrial exposition (南洋勸業會) or more internationally known as the 1910 Nanking Exposition was the official world's fair held in Nanking, Qing China on June 5, 1910.HK.huaxia.com.HK.huaxia.com." ''南洋勸業會：南京 ...

* 1910 –

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Brussels International 1910 The Brussels International Exposition (french: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, nl, Wereldtentoonstelling te Brussel) of 1910 was a world's fair held in Brussels, Belgium, from 23 April to 1 November 1910. This was just t ...

* 1910 –

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Exposición Internacional del Centenario The Exposición Internacional del Centenario (Centennial International Exposition) was an exhibition held between May and November 1910 in Buenos Aires, to commemorate the Centennial of the May Revolution in Argentina (the formation of the first l ...

* 1910 –

Nagoya, Japan is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

– Nagoya Industrial Exhibition * 1910 –

– Japan–British Exhibition * 1910 –

– Admission Day Festival (1910) September 8, 9, 10 * 1910 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

– Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910) * 1911 – Charleroi,

– Charleroi Exposition * 1911 –

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

– Cuban National Exposition * 1911 – Roubaix,

– International Exposition of Northern France * 1911 –

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

– International Hygiene Exhibition * 1911 –

– Coronation Exhibition (1911) * 1911 –

– Festival of Empire * 1911 –

– Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911) * 1911 –

, New Zealand – Coronation Industrial Exhibition * 1911 –

– Turin International * 1911 – Omsk,

– Western Siberian Exhibition * 1911 –

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Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry The Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry was held in Glasgow in 1911. It was the third of 4 international exhibitions held in Glasgow, Scotland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Summary The exhibition follow ...

* 1911 –

– International Mercantile Exposition (1911) * 1912 –

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

– Philippine Exposition (1912) * 1912 –

– Latin-British Exhibition * 1912,1917 –

, Japan – Grand Exhibition of Japan (planned for 1912, postponed to 1917 and then never held) * 1913 – Melbourne, Australia - Great All-Australian Exhibition * 1913 –

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

– International Building Trades Exposition * 1913 –

– Auckland Exhibition * 1913 –

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...

– Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) * 1913 –

– Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813–1913 * 1913 –

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

– All Russian Exhibition * 1913 –

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

– National Conservation Exposition * 1914 –

– Anglo-American Exhibition * 1914 –

, Sweden –

Baltic Exhibition The Baltic Exhibition was held in Malmö, Sweden from 15 May to 4 October 1914. (The official closing date, September 30, was later extended by four days, as permitted in the general rules.) A Swedish world's fair The event showcased the industry, ...

* 1914 –

– International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914) * 1914 –

– Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon * 1914 –

, Japan – Tokyo Taisho Exposition * 1914 –

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Werkbund Exhibition (1914) The first Werkbund Exhibition of 1914 was held at Rheinpark in Cologne, Germany. Bruno Taut's best-known building, the prismatic dome of the Glass Pavilion of which only black and white images survive today, was in reality a brightly colored la ...

* 1914 –

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

– International Exhibition (1914) * 1914 –

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

– Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held) * 1914 – Semarang, Dutch East Indies – Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (Colonial Exposition) * 1914 – Kristiania, Norway –

1914 Jubilee Exhibition The 1914 Jubilee Exhibition took place in Kristiania, Norway, from May 5 to October 11, 1914. It marked the centennial anniversary of the 1814 constitution and focused on industry and agriculture. The main location was the grounds of Frogner Manor ...

(''Norges Jubilæumsutstilling'') * 1914 –

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...

– National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration * 1914 –

– International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene * 1915 –

Casablanca, Morocco Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econo ...

– Casablanca Fair of 1915 * 1915 –

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Panama–Pacific International Exposition The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely s ...

Palace of Fine Arts * 1915 –

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

– Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915) * 1915 – Richmond,

– Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915) * 1915 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

– Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915) * 1915–1916 –

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United State ...

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Panama–California Exposition The Panama–California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United ...

* 1916 –

, New Zealand – British Commercial and Industrial Exhibition * 1918 –

– Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries * 1918 –

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...

– California Liberty Fair (1918)

1920s

* 1920 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Peace Exhibition * 1920 –

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, Republic of China – American-Chinese Exposition * 1921 – Riga, Latvia – International Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry * 1921 –

, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries * 1921 –

– International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921) * 1922 –

– Exposition nationale coloniale (1922) * 1922 –

, Japan – Peace Exhibition (1922) * 1922 –

, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries * 1922–1923 –

– Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922) * 1923 –

, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition * 1923 –

– American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923) * 1923 –

– Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to

British Empire Exhibition The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley Park, London England from 23 April to 1 November 1924 and from 9 May to 31 October 1925. Background In 1920 the British Government decided to site the British Empire Exhibi ...

* 1923 –

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

– All-Russian Agricultural and Domestic Industries Exhibition * 1923 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (

Liseberg Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting about three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roll ...

) * 1923–1924 –

Hokitika Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of ...

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British and Intercolonial Exhibition The British and Intercolonial Exhibition was a small world's fair held between 15 December 1923 and 2 February 1924 in Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand to mark the opening of the Otira Tunnel and the diamond jubilee of Westland Province. The pa ...

* 1924 –

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

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* 1924 –

– French Exposition (1924) * 1924–1925 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition * 1925 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition * 1925 – Lyon, France – Foire (1925) * 1925 –

, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition * 1925 –

– California's Diamond Jubilee (1925) * 1925 –

Paris, France Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

– Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes * 1925–1926 –

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New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 17 November 1925 until 1 May 1926, which celebrated that country and the South Seas. It was the third such exhibition held in Dunedin, w ...

* 1926 –

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Sesquicentennial Exposition The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the 50th anniversary o ...

* 1926 –

– Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926) * 1927 – Lyon, France – Foire internationale (1925) * 1927 – Stuttgart,

– Werkbund Exhibition * 1928 –

, Germany – International Press Exhibition * 1928 –

Long Beach Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...

– Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928) * 1929 –

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...

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North East Coast Exhibition The North East Coast Exhibition was a world's fair held in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear and ran from May to October 1929. Held five years after the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, and at the start of the Great Depression the event w ...

* 1929 –

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

, Republic of China – Westlake Exposition * 1929–1930 –

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

– Ibero-American Exposition * 1929–1930 – Barcelona, Spain, –

1929 Barcelona International Exposition The 1929 Barcelona International Exposition (also 1929 Barcelona Universal Exposition, or Expo 1929, officially in Spanish: ''Exposición Internacional de Barcelona 1929'' was the second World Fair to be held in Barcelona, the first one being i ...

1930s

* 1930 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition * 1930 – Antwerp,

– Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand * 1930 – Liège,

– Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien * 1930 –

Oran, Algeria Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

– Oran Exposition * 1930 –

– International Hygiene Exposition * 1930 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm International Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd) * 1930 –

– Trøndelag Exhibition * 1931 –

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Paris Colonial Exposition The Paris Colonial Exhibition (or "''Exposition coloniale internationale''", International Colonial Exhibition) was a six-month colonial exhibition held in Paris, France, in 1931 that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense resour ...

* 1931 –

– International Building Exposition * 1932 –

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to: * Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan. * Mandatory P ...

– Levant Fair * 1933 –

, Japan – Women's and Children International Exhibition * 1933–1934 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition * 1933–1934 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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Century of Progress A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositi ...

International Exposition * 1934 – Melbourne, Australia – Centenary All Australian Exhibition * 1934 –

– Portuguese colonial exhibition * 1934 –

– Levant Fair * 1935 –

Yokohama, Japan is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

– Grand Yokohama Exposition * 1935 –

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

– All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV) * 1935 –

– Exposition universelle et internationale (1935) * 1935 –

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...

– Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair * 1935 – Taipai.

Taiwan under Japanese rule The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became a Dependent territory, dependency of Empire of Japan, Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty ...

– The Taiwan Exposition: In Commemoration of the First Forty Years of Colonial Rule * 1935–1936 –

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California Pacific International Exposition The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. The exposition was held in Balboa Park, San Diego's large c ...

* 1936 –

, Australia – Adelaide Centennial Exhibition * 1936 – Stockholm ILIS 1936 * 1936 –

– Levant Fair * 1936 –

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

– Great Lakes Exposition * 1936 –

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

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Texas Centennial Exposition The Texas Centennial Exposition was a world's fair presented from June 6 to November 29, 1936, at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Texas's independence from Mexico in 1836, it also celebrated Texas and Western Am ...

* 1936–1937 –

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa ( nl, Unie van Zuid-Afrika; af, Unie van Suid-Afrika; ) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Tran ...

– Empire Exhibition, South Africa * 1937 –

– Great Lakes Exposition * 1937 –

– Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition * 1937 –

– International Hunting Exposition * 1937 –

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

– Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk * 1937 –

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

– Pan American Fair (1937) * 1937 –

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Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the Mus ...

* 1937 –

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...

, Japan –

Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition The was a world's fair held in what is now part of the Minami Ward of Nagoya city, Japan from 15 March to 31 May in 1937. History Sponsored by the Japanese government and with HIH Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko as chairman, the Nagoya Pan-Pacifi ...

* 1938 –

– International Handiworks Exposition * 1938 –

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Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 was an international exposition held at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, from May to December 1938. The Exhibition offered a chance to showcase and boost the economy of Scotland, and celebrate Empire tra ...

* 1938 –

Second International Aeronautic Exhibition * 1939 –

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New Zealand Centennial Exhibition The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition took place over six months from Wednesday 8 November 1939 until 4 May 1940. It celebrated one hundred years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and the subsequent mass European settlement of ...

* 1939 – Liège,

– Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) * 1939 –

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, Switzerland – Schweizerische Landesausstellung * 1939 –

– All-Union Agricultural Exhibition * 1939–1940 –

– 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere) * 1939–1940 –

–

Golden Gate International Exposition The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 ...

1940s

* 1940 – Lisbon,

– Portuguese World Exhibition * 1940 –

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

– American Negro Exposition * 1940 –

– Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held) * 1940 –

– Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories) * 1940 –

, Japan – Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (never held) * 1942 –

– Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held) * 1942 –

– Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held) * 1943 – Stockholm, Sweden – Norwegian Exhibition * 1947 –

– International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing * 1948 –

– Foire coloniale (1948) * 1949 – Stockholm, Sweden – Universal Sport Exhibition * 1949 –

– International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing * 1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

1950s

* 1951 –

– The International Textile Exhibition * 1951 –

– Festival of Britain – Skylon * 1952 –

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...

, Sri Lanka – Colombo Exhibition * 1953 –

St Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

– intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held * 1953 –

– the Philippines International Fair of 1953, 1 February – 30 April 1953, to show off the recovery of the Philippines from WW2 and as the first democracy in the Far East * 1953 –

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

– International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel

Conquest of the desert The Conquest of the Desert ( es, Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s with the intention of establishing dominance over the Patagonian Desert, inhabited primar ...

* 1953 –

– Agricultural Exposition of Rome EA 53 Rome * 1954 –

– Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei * 1954 – Bogota, Colombia – First International Industry and Commerce Fair of Bogota * 1954–1955 –

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

– Fourth Centenary Exhibition * 1955 –

– International Expo of Sport Turin 1955 * 1955 –

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

, Sweden Helsingborg Exhibition 1955 * 1955 – Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo),

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

– Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre * 1956 –

Beit Dagan Beit Dagan ( he, בֵּית דָּגָן, ''lit.'' "House of Grain") is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. it had a population of in . It was awarded local council status in 1958. History During the Ottoman period, t ...

– Exhibition of citriculture * 1957 –

International Building Exposition * 1958 –

–

Expo '58 Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (french: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles de 1958, nl, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling van 1958), was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Bel ...

(Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium * 1959 –

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

– World Agricultural Fair * 1959 –

– VDNKh

1960s

* 1960 – ''cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)'' * 1961 –

– ''Exposition International du Travail''

Expo 61 Expo 61 was the international labour exhibition held in 1961 in the Italian City of Turin. It was the 15th specialized exposition recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Italy used the opportunity to expand the event with an ...

* 1962 –

–

Century 21 Exposition The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, United States.Space Needle The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark. Located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center f ...

* 1964 –

, Switzerland –

Expo 64 The Swiss national exposition of 1964 (French: ''Exposition nationale suisse de 1964''), usually shortened to Expo 64, was a world's fair held in Lausanne, more specifically in Vidy and the neighbouring Vallée de la Jeunesse, between 30 April and ...

– Schweizerische Landesausstellung * 1964–1965 –

– 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note: not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) –

Unisphere The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke as part of his plan for the 1964 New York World's ...

* 1965 –

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

– International Exhibition of Transport and Communication * 1967 –

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

–

Expo 67 The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...

, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) * 1968 –

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–

HemisFair '68 HemisFair '68 was the official 1968 World's Fair (or International Exposition) held in San Antonio, Texas, from April 6 through October 6, 1968. Local businessman and civic leader, Jerome K. Harris Sr., coined the name HemisFair and conceived the ...

–

Tower of the Americas The Tower of the Americas is a observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district on the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford and was bu ...

1970s

* 1970 –

, Japan –

Expo '70 The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...

(Japan World Exposition) * 1971 –

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

– Expo 71 (Exhibition World of Hunting) * 1974 –

Spokane Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...

–

Expo '74 Expo '74, officially known as the International Exposition on the Environment, Spokane 1974, was a world's fair held May 4, 1974, to November 3, 1974 in Spokane, Washington in the northwest United States. It was the first environmentally themed ...

(International Exposition on the Environment) – Riverfront Park * 1975 –

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...

, Japan – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s

* 1981 –

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

– Expo 81 * 1982 –

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...

–

1982 World's Fair The 1982 World's Fair, officially known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) and simply as Energy Expo '82 and Expo '82, was an international exposition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Focused on energy and ele ...

(International Energy Exposition) –

Sunsphere The Sunsphere located in World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Design Designed by the Knox ...

* 1984 –

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

– 1984 Louisiana World Exposition .k.a., 1984 World's Fair(Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life") * 1985 –

– Expo 85 * 1985 –

Tsukuba is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...

, Japan – Expo 85 * 1986 –

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

–

Expo 86 The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 2 until October 13, 1986. The fair, the theme of which was "Transportation and Communicatio ...

(1986 World Exposition) ** to date, the last World's Fair to be held in North America * 1988 –

, Australia –

Expo '88 World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised Expo held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, during a six-month period between Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive. The theme of the Expo wa ...

(World Expo '88) – Skyneedle

1990s

* 1991 –

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

– '' Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young'' * 1992 – three expositions (1 was cancelled) celebrating 500 years since

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

reached the Americas **

–

Seville Expo '92 The Seville Expo '92 was a universal exposition that took place from Monday, April 20 to Monday, October 12, 1992, on La Isla de La Cartuja (Charterhouse Island), Seville, Spain. The theme for the expo was "The Age of Discovery", celebrating the ...

Universal Exposition, port where Columbus started his voyage **

–

Genoa Expo '92 L'Esposizione Internazionale Specializzata Genova '92 - Colombo '92 (in English ''International Exhibition Genoa '92 - Colombo '92'') or more informally Expo 1992, was held in Genoa, Italy from 15 May to 15 August 1992. The theme was "Christopher ...

Specialized Exposition, city where Columbus was born ** Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
,
U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
(Cancelled) – meant to generically represent the Americas-side of Columbus' voyage * 1993 –

Daejeon Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology and ...

(Taejon), South Korea –

Expo '93 Taejon Expo '93 was a three-month international exposition held between Saturday, August 7, 1993 and Sunday, November 7, 1993 in the central South Korean city of Daejeon (at the time spelled "Taejŏn"). Theme The theme of the exposition was ...

* 1995 –

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held * 1996 – ''cancelled (planned site:

)'' * 1998 – Lisbon,

–

Expo '98 Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition) was an official specialised World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal from Friday, 22 May to Wednesday, 30 September 1998. The theme of the fair was "The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future", chosen in part to c ...

* 1999 –

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

– World Horticultural Exposition

2000s

* 2000 –

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

–

Expo 2000 Expo 2000 was a World Expo held in Hanover, Germany from 1 June to 31 October 2000. It was located on the Hanover Fairground (Messegelände Hannover), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world. Initially some 40 million people were expe ...

* 2000 –

Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...

–

Millennium Dome The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East (London sub region), South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millenn ...

* 2002 – ''cancelled (planned site:

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

)'' * 2002 – ''cancelled (planned site:

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...

, Australia)'' * 2002 – Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02 * 2004 – ''cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis,

)'' * 2004 –

– 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures, Universal Forum of World Cultures * 2005 – Aichi, Japan – Expo 2005 * 2008 –

– Expo 2008

2010s

* 2010 –

, China – Expo 2010 * 2012 – Yeosu, South Korea – Expo 2012 * 2015 –

– Expo 2015 * 2017 – Astana, Kazakhstan – Expo 2017 * 2019 – Beijing, China – Expo 2019

2020s

* 2021–2022 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Expo 2020 * 2023 –

— Expo 2023 – cancelled * Expo 2025, 2025 –

— Expo 2025

Future bids and candidate cities

Expo 2027 or Expo 2028 ''Three cities have submitted bids to the BIE for a three-month specialized exposition take place in either 2027 or 2028.'' * 2027 – The United States has submitted Minneapolis as the site for the specialized Expo 2027. It is a repeat of their 2023 bid with a theme of “Healthy People, Healthy Planet.” * 2028 – Spain has submitted the Mediterranean coastal city of Malaga. * 2028 – Thailand submitted Phuket. Expo 2030 ''Three cities have submitted bids for the six-month world expo to be held in 2030.'' * 2030 – Russia had submitted Moscow for the Expo 2030 event to be held between 27 April and 27 October 2030. * 2030 – Italy has submitted Rome. * 2030 – South Korea has submitted Busan. The exposition would run from May 1 to October 31 with a theme of “Transforming Our World, Navigating Toward a Better Future.” * 2030 – Saudi Arabia has submitted Riyadh for the Expo 2030

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
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