This is a chronological list of international or colonial

world's fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...

1790s

* 1791 –

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

, Bohemia – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, a site of considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods. For this occasion,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

wrote his final opera La clemenza di Tito. * 1798 –

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France – L'

Exposition des produits de l'industrie française The Exposition des produits de l'industrie française (; ) was a public event organized in Paris, France, from 1798 to 1849. The purpose was "to offer a panorama of the productions of the various branches of industry with a view to emulation". Ba ...

, 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 Nicolas François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.

1800s

* 1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.'Sketch of the French Expositions,' Hogg's Instructor New Series 6 (1851) 372–373. * 1802 – Paris, France – Third Exposition (1802) * 1806 – Paris, France – Fourth Exposition (1806)

1810s

* 1819 – Paris, France – Fifth Exposition (1819)

1820s

* 1823 – Paris, France – Sixth Exposition (1823) * 1827 – Paris, France – Seventh Exposition (1827) * 1829 –

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, United States – American Institute Fair * 1829 –

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) 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 city is main ...

, Piedmont-Sardinia – Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1829. In Turin, a second 'triennale' followed in 1832 before other national agricultural, industrial, commercial, and applied arts expositions there in 1838, 1844, 1850 and 1858.

1830s

* 1832 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832. * 1834 – Paris, France – French Industrial Exposition of 1834 * 1838 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838. * 1839 – Paris, France – Ninth Exposition (1839)

1840s

* 1844 – Paris, France – French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844 * 1844 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti. * 1846 –

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

, Piedmont-Sardinia – 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, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

, United Kingdom – Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers * 1849 –

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, United Kingdom – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849) * 1849 – Paris, France – Eleventh Exposition (1849)

1850s

* 1850 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti * 1851 – London, United Kingdom –

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 that took ...

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 ...

(typically listed as the "first world's fair") * 1852 – Cork, Ireland – Irish Industrial Exhibition * 1853 –

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Two Sicilies – Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture * 1853–1854 – New York City, United States –

Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibit ...

* 1853 –

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Ireland – Great Industrial Exhibition (1853) * 1854 – Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia – Esposizione Industriale * 1854 –

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

, Bavaria – General German Industrial Exhibition (Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung) * 1854 –

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, Victoria – Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)) * 1855 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1855) *1856 –

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

, Belgium – International Exhibition * 1857 –

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

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

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

, Switzerland – Lausanne Exhibition * 1858 –

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, France – *1858 –

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

, Pennsylvania, United States – Philadelphia Technological Exhibition * 1858 – Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria

1860s

* 1860 –

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

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

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

, Queensland – First Queensland Exhibition * 1861 – Melbourne, Victoria – Second Victorian Exhibition * 1861 –

Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...

, France – Exposition Universelle (1861) * 1861 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fisheries Exposition * 1862 –

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

, Victoria - Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry * 1862 – London, United Kingdom –

1862 International Exhibition The International Exhibition of 1862, officially the London International Exhibition of Industry and Art, also known as the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London, England. Th ...

* 1864 –

Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...

, France – Franco-Spanish Exposition * 1865 –

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Prussia – International Agricultural Exhibition * 1865 –

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, Norway – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1865 –

Batavia, Dutch East Indies Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its suburbs and hinterland, the , which included the much larger area of the Residency of Batavia ...

– Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition * 1865 –

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...

, New Zealand – New Zealand Exhibition * 1865 – Dublin, United Kingdom –

International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * International (Kevin Michael album), ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * International (New Order album), ' ...

* 1865 –

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, 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, e ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

– Sierra Leone Exhibition * 1865 –

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, Portugal – 1865 International Exhibition * 1866 –

Ballarat Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria. Within mo ...

, Victoria – National Industrial Exhibition * 1866 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia * 1866 –

Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

, France – 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 p ...

, France – International Exposition of Fish and Water Products * 1866 –

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, Sweden – Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition * 1867 – Paris, France –

Exposition Universelle (1867) The of 1867 (), better known in English as the 1867 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, Second French Empire, France, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. It was the List of world expositions, second of ten major expositions held i ...

* 1867 –

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, Netherlands – International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 – Aarhaus, Denmark – International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 – Vienna, Austria – International Maritime Exhibition * 1867 –

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, Sweden – International Maritime Exhibition * 1868 –

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

, France – International Maritime Exposition * 1869 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Exhibition of Domestic Economy

1870s

* 1870 –

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1870) *1871 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional * 1871 – London, United Kingdom – First Annual International Exhibition (1871) * 1871 – Naples, Italy – International Maritime Exposition * 1872 –

Hamilton, Bermuda Hamilton is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and the main settlement of Pembroke Parish. A port city, Hamilton is Bermuda's financial and commercial centre, and a popular tourist destination. Its population of ...

– Industrial and Loan Exhibition * 1872 –

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, Denmark – Second Scandinavian Exhibition of Arts and Industry * 1872 – London, United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872) * 1872 –

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

, New Zealand – New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition * 1872 –

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, Peru – Lima International Exhibition * 1872 –

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, France – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872) * 1872 –

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872) * 1873 – London, United Kingdom – Third Annual International Exhibition (1873) * 1873 –

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, Austria – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien * 1873 – Sydney, New South Wales – Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873) * 1874 – London, United Kingdom – Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874) * 1874 – Dublin, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874) * 1874 –

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Italy – Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held) * 1874 –

Jamestown, Saint Helena Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is also the historic main sett ...

– St. Helena Industrial Exhibition *1874 –

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, France – Exhibition of Modern Inventions and Discoveries *1874 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Franklin Institute Exhibition * 1875 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition * 1875 –

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

, Russia – Nizhny Novgorod Fair (1875) * 1875 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875) * 1875 –

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, Chile – Chilean International Exhibition * 1876 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus * 1876 –

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition * 1876 –

Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...

, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition * 1876 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States –

Centennial Exposition The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876. It was the first official wo ...

* 1876 – Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876) *1876 – London, United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus * 1877 –

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

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

– South African International Exhibition * 1877 –

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (

Ueno Park is a spacious public park in the Ueno, Tokyo, Ueno district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1873 on lands formerly belonging to the Buddhist temples in Japan, temple of Kan'ei-ji. Amongst the country's first public parks, i ...

) * 1877 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney Metropolitan and Intercolonial Exhibition * 1877 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition * 1878 – Paris, France –

Exposition Universelle (1878) The 1878 Universal Exposition (, ), also known as the 1878 Paris Exposition, 1878 World Fair, or 1878 World Expo, was a world's fair held in Paris, French Third Republic, France, from 1 May to 10 November 1878, to celebrate the recovery of Franc ...

* 1878 –

, Victoria – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878) * 1878 – London, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1879 –

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...

, Victoria – Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1879 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney International Exhibition * 1879 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879) * 1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International Agricultural Exhibition

1880s

* 1880 –

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, Germany – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1880 –

, New Zealand – Christchurch Industrial Exhibition * 1880 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition * 1880 –

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

, United Kingdom – Glasgow Electrical Exhibition * 1880-1881 – Melbourne, Victoria –

Melbourne International Exhibition 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 – Adelaide Exhibition. * 1881 –

Matanzas Matanzas (Cuban ; ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas Province, Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-American religions, Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Mat ...

, Cuba – Exhibition of Matanzas * 1881 – Paris, France – International Exposition of Electricity, Paris * 1881 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Dunedin Industrial Exhibition * 1881 –

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

, Georgia, United States – International Cotton Exposition * 1881 –

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Austria-Hungary – Országos Nőipari Kiállitás * 1881 – London, United Kingdom – International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition * 1881 – Tokyo, Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition * 1881-1882 –

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia – Perth International Exhibition * 1882 –

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

, France – International Exposition of Industrial Art * 1882 – Munich, Germany – International Electrical Exposition * 1882 –

, New Zealand – New Zealand International Exhibition * 1882 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition * 1882 –

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1882 –

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, France – Exposition internationale des vins * 1882 –

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana) * 1883 – London, United Kingdom – International Electric Exhibition * 1883 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Electrical Exposition * 1883 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork Industrial Exhibition * 1883 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Colonial and Export Exhibition * 1883 –

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

, India – Calcutta International Exhibition * 1883 –

, France – International Maritime Exposition * 1883 –

, New Zealand – All Colonial Exhibition * 1883 –

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain – Exposition of Mining and Metallurgy * 1883 –

South Kensington South Kensington is a district at the West End 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 the advent of the ra ...

, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1883 –

Parramatta Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is co ...

, New South Wales – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1883 –

Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...

, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1883 –

Launceston, Tasmania Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...

– Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1883 –

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

, United States – Southern Exposition * 1883 – New York City, United States – World's Fair (1883) (never held) * 1883 –

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (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 northern p ...

, Venezuela – National Exposition of Venezuela * 1883–1884 –

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

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

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million South Kensington South Kensington is a district at the West End 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 the advent of the ra ...

, United Kingdom – International Health and Education Exhibition * 1884 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African Industrial Exhibition * 1884 –

Durban Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South ...

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

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

, Louisiana, United States – World Cotton Centennial * 1884 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed * 1884 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – First International Forestry Exhibition * 1884 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana * 1884 – Adelaide, South Australia – Grand Industrial Exhibition * 1885 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition) * 1885 –

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal ...

, Cape Colony (now South Africa) – South African Exhibition * 1885 –

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

, Belgium – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885) * 1885 –

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

, Germany – International Exposition of Metals and Metallurgy * 1885 – Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian National Exhibition * 1885 –

Wellington Wellington 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 third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition * 1885 –

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

, Spain – Aragonese Exposition * 1885 – London, United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition * 1886 – London, United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886) * 1886 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art * 1886 –

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

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

, Victoria – Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition * 1886 –

– Launceston Industrial Exhibition * 1886 –

, Western Australia – West Australian Exhibition * 1887 –

, France – International Maritime Exposition * 1887 –

, United States – Piedmont Exposition * 1887 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887) * 1887 –

, United Kingdom – Royal Jubilee Exhibition * 1887 – London, United Kingdom – American Exhibition * 1887 –

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

, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition * 1887 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione mondiale (1887) * 1887 – Madrid, Spain – '' Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas'' * 1887–1888 – Adelaide, South Australia –

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

(1887) * 1888 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1888) * 1888 – Brussels, Belgium – Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888) * 1888 –

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...

, Spain – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) * 1888 –

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

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

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888) * 1888 –

, Denmark –

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 World's fair, exhibition that aimed to feature the best of art, industry, and agriculture from ...

(Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling) * 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Centennial Exhibition * 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888) * 1889 – Paris, France –

Exposition Universelle (1889) The of 1889 (), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. It attracted more t ...

–

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) 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 from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...

* 1889 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889) * 1889 –

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...

, United States – International Industrial Fair (1889)

1890s

* 1890 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition * 1890 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Agricultural and Forestry Exposition * 1890 –

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

, Germany – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung * 1890 – London, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy * 1890 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry * 1890 –

, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1891 –

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, Russia – Exposition française * 1891 –

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

, Germany –

International Electrotechnical Exhibition The 1891 International Electrotechnical Exhibition was held between 16 May and 19 October on the disused site of the three former ( Western Railway Stations) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The exhibition featured the first long-distance tra ...

* 1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition (1891) * 1891 –

, Austria-Hungary – General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Ground

* 1891 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial Exhibition of South Australian Industries, Products and Manufactures * 1891 –

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

– Trinidad and Tobago Exhibition * 1891–1892 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891) * 1892 –

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

, France – International Alpine Exposition of Grenoble * 1892 – Genoa, Italy – Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892) * 1892 –

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

, United States – Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held) * 1892 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition * 1892 –

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

, Cape of Good Hope – South African and International Exhibition * 1892–1893 – Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition * 1893 –

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

, Illinois, United States –

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 from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The ...

– Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building * 1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) * 1894 –

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, California, United States –

California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, commonly referred to as the "Midwinter Exposition" or the "Midwinter Fair", was a World's Fair that officially operated from January 27 to July 5 in San Francisco, California, San Francis ...

* 1894 –

, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894) * 1894 – Santiago, Chile – International Mining and Metallurgical Exposition * 1894 – Lyons, France – Exposition internationale et coloniale * 1894 –

, United Kingdom – British and Colonial Exhibition * 1894 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894) * 1894 –

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...

, Western Australia – Fremantle Industrial Exhibition * 1895 – Adelaide, South Australia – Exhibition of Art and Industry * 1895 - Charleroi, Belgium - Exposition internationale, industrielle, commerciale, agricole et horticole, avec annexes scientifiques et artistiques et concours ouvriers * 1895 – Hobart, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895) * 1895 –

, Victoria – Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895) * 1895 – Bordeaux, France – * 1895 – Kyoto, Japan – National Japanese Exhibition * 1895 –

, New Zealand – Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1895 –

, Georgia, United States – Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition) * 1895 –

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay - National Agricultural Exhibition * 1896 –

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

, France – National and Colonial Exposition * 1896 –

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

, Germany – International Shipping and Fishery Exposition * 1896 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Hungarian Millenary Exhibitio

* 1896 – Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition * 1896 –

, Russia – Pan Russian Exhibition * 1896 –

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and Handicraft Exhibition * 1896 – Berlin, Germany – Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin * 1896 –

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

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

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

, United Kingdom – Cardiff Fine Arts, Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition * 1896 – Geneva, Switzerland – Exposition National Suisse * 1897 – Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897) * 1897 –

, France – Arcachon International Exposition * 1897 –

Guatemala City Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...

, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana * 1897 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Victorian Exhibition * 1897 – Brisbane, Queensland – Queensland International Exhibition * 1897 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897) * 1897 –

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

, United States – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition * 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm * 1897 –

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

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

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

, Ottoman Empire – Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (1898) * 1898 –

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

, New Zealand – Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition * 1898 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898) * 1898 –

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...

, United States – Trans-Mississippi Exposition * 1898 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exposition (1898) * 1898 – Munich, Germany – Kraft – und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898) * 1898 – San Francisco, California, United States – California's Golden Jubilee (1898) * 1898 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana * 1898 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung * 1898 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition * 1898 –

Grahamstown Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 75,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Gqeberha and southwest of East London. It is the largest town in the Makana Local Mun ...

, South Africa – Industrial and Arts Exhibition * 1899 – Coolgardie, Western Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition * 1899 –

Como Como (, ; , or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Nestled at the southwestern branch of the picturesque Lake Como, the city is a renowned tourist destination, ce ...

, Italy – Como Electrical Exhibition * 1899 –

, United States – Greater America Exposition * 1899 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – National Export Exposition * 1899 – London, United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition

1900s

* 1900 – Paris, France –

Exposition Universelle (1900) The Exposition Universelle of 1900 (), better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate develop ...

– Le Grand Palais * 1900 – Adelaide, South Australia – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900) * 1900 –

, New Zealand – Canterbury Jubilee Industrial Exhibition * 1901 –

, Australia – Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition * 1901 – Buffalo, New York, United States –

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–Front Park System, Delaware Park, extending ...

* 1901 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) * 1901 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901) * 1901 –

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...

, United States – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition * 1902 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Fishery Exposition * 1902 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna * 1902 –

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

, French Indochina – Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale) * 1902 – Lille, France – International Exposition of Lille * 1902 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork International Exhibition * 1902 –

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of ...

, United Kingdom – Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition * 1902 – St. Petersburg, Russia – International Fisheries Exhibition * 1902 – New York City, United States – United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held) * 1902 –

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the List of cities in Ohio, fourth-most populous city in Ohio and List of United Sta ...

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

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition * 1904 – St. Louis, Missouri, United States –

Louisiana Purchase Exposition The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an World's fair, international exposition held in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federa ...

(also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...

* 1904 – Cape Town, South Africa – Cape Town Industrial Exhibition * 1905 –

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

, United States – Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition * 1905 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège (1905) * 1905 – London, United Kingdom – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition * 1905 – New York City, United States – Irish Industrial Exposition (1905) * 1906 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Hygiene Exhibition * 1906 –

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione * 1906 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition * 1906 –

, France – Exposition coloniale (1906) * 1906 –

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, Romania – Romanian General Exposition * 1906 – Tourcoing, France – International Exposition of Textile Industries * 1906–1907 –

, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906) * 1907 – Bordeaux, France – * 1907 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition * 1907 – Bergen, Norway – Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition * 1907 – Dublin, United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition * 1907 – Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States – Jamestown Exposition * 1907 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Pure Food Exposition (1907) * 1907 –

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

, Germany – Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907) * 1908 –

, France – Exposition of Electricity * 1908 – Trondheim, Norway – Scandinavian Fisheries Exhibition * 1908 – Zaragoza, Spain – Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 * 1908 – London, United Kingdom – Franco-British Exhibition (1908) * 1908 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Scottish National Exhibition * 1908 – New York City, United States – International Mining Exposition (1908) * 1908 –

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

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

, France – Exposition International de l'Electricite * 1909 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition * 1909 –

Nancy, France Nancy is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis X ...

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

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

, Washington, United States – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition * 1909 – New York City, United States – Hudson-Fulton Celebration * 1909 – San Francisco, California, United States – Portolá Festival (1909) * 1909 –

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition

1910s

* 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Hunting Exposition * 1910 – Santiago, Chile – International Agricultural and Industrial Exposition * 1910 –

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

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

Nanking Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yan ...

, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition * 1910 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910 * 1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario * 1910 –

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

, Japan – Nagoya Industrial Exhibition * 1910 – London, United Kingdom – Japan–British Exhibition * 1910 – San Francisco, California, United States – Admission Day Festival (1910) September 8, 9, 10 * 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910) * 1911 –

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

, Belgium – Charleroi Exposition * 1911 –

Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ...

, France – International Exposition of Northern France * 1911 –

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

, Germany – International Hygiene Exhibition * 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Coronation Exhibition (1911) * 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Empire * 1911 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911) * 1911 – Wellington, New Zealand – Coronation Industrial Exhibition * 1911 – Turin, Italy –

Turin International The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911 titled ''Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro''. It received 7,409,145 visits and covered 247 acres. Summary The fair opened on 29 April, was held just nine y ...

* 1911 –

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

, Russia – Western Siberian Exhibition * 1911 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry * 1911 – New York City, United States – International Mercantile Exposition (1911) * 1912 –

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

, Philippines – Philippine Exposition (1912) * 1912 – London, United Kingdom – Latin-British Exhibition * 1912, 1917 – Tokyo, 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 States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

, Germany – International Building Trades Exposition * 1913 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Exhibition * 1913 –

Ghent Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...

, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) * 1913 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813–1913 * 1913 – Kiev, Russian Empire – All Russian Exhibition * 1913 –

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

, United States –

National Conservation Exposition The National Conservation Exposition was an World's Fair, exposition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, between September 1, 1913, and November 1, 1913. The exposition celebrated the cause of bringing national attention to conservation e ...

* 1914 – London, United Kingdom – 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 indust ...

* 1914 –

, France – International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914) * 1914 – Lyon, France – Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon * 1914 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Taisho Exposition * 1914 – Cologne, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition (1914) * 1914 –

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1914) * 1914 –

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

, United Kingdom – Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held) * 1914 –

Semarang Semarang (Javanese script, Javanese: , ''Kutha Semarang'') is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Netherlands, Dutch Dutch East Indies, colonial era, and is still an important regio ...

, Dutch East Indies –

Colonial Exhibition of Semarang The Colonial Exhibition, Dutch: ''Koloniale Tentoonstelling'', took place in Semarang, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 20 August through 22 November 1914. Colonial exhibitions were trade expositions. It was designed to "give a comprehensive ...

(Colonial Exposition) * 1914 – Christiania, Norway – 1914 Jubilee Exhibition (''Norges Jubilæumsutstilling'') * 1914 –

Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...

, United States – National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration * 1914 – Genoa, Italy – International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene * 1915 –

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915 * 1915 – San Francisco, California, United States –

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, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...

, Panama – Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915) * 1915 – Richmond, United States – Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915) * 1915 – Chicago, United States – Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915) * 1915–1916 – San Diego, California, United States – Panama–California Exposition * 1916 – Wellington, New Zealand – British Commercial and Industrial Exhibition * 1918 – New York City, United States – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries * 1918 –

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

, United States – California Liberty Fair (1918)

1920s

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

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, China – American-Chinese Exposition * 1921 –

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

– International Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry * 1921 – Wellington, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries * 1921 – London, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921) * 1922 –

, France – Exposition nationale coloniale (1922) * 1922 – Tokyo, Japan – Peace Exhibition (1922) * 1922 –

, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries * 1922–1923 – Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

– Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922) * 1923 – Auckland, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition * 1923 –

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

, India – 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 Government of the United Kingdom, British Government decide ...

* 1923 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Russian Agricultural and Domestic Industries Exhibition * 1923 –

, Sweden – Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (

Liseberg Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is the second most visited theme park in Scandinavia, with around three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaste ...

) * 1923–1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British and Intercolonial Exhibition * 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 the London Borou ...

, London, United Kingdom –

* 1924 – New York City, United States – French Exposition (1924) * 1924–1925 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition * 1925 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition * 1925 – Wellington, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition * 1925 – San Francisco, California, United States – California's Diamond Jubilee (1925) * 1925 – Paris, France – International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts * 1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition * 1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition * 1926 – Berlin, Germany – Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926) * 1927 – Lyon, France – Foire internationale (1925) * 1927 –

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition * 1928 – Cologne, Germany – International Press Exhibition * 1928 –

Long Beach Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

, United States – Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928) * 1929 –

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...

, United Kingdom – North East Coast Exhibition * 1929 –

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

, China – Westlake Exposition * 1929–1930 –

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

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

1929 Barcelona International Exposition The 1929 Barcelona International Exposition (also 1929 Barcelona Universal Exposition, or Expo 1929, officially in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Exposición Internacional de Barcelona 1929'') was the second World's fair, World Fair to be held in ...

1930s

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

, Belgium – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand * 1930 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien * 1930 –

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

, Algeria – Oran Exposition * 1930 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exposition * 1930 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd) * 1930 – Trondheim, Norway – Trøndelag Exhibition * 1931 – Paris, France – Paris Colonial Exposition * 1931 – Berlin, Germany – International Building Exposition * 1932 –

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine was a British Empire, British geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the Palestine (region), region of Palestine, and after 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations's Mandate for Palestine. After ...

– Levant Fair * 1933 – Tokyo, Japan – Women's and Children International Exhibition * 1933–1934 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition * 1933–1934 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Century of Progress International Exposition * 1934 – Melbourne, Australia – Centenary All Australian Exhibition * 1934 – Porto, Portugal – Portuguese colonial exhibition * 1934 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair * 1935 –

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

, Japan – Grand Yokohama Exposition * 1935 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV) * 1935 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International Exposition (1935) * 1935 –

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

, Brazil – Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair * 1935 –

Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...

. Taiwan – The Taiwan Exposition: In Commemoration of the First Forty Years of Colonial Rule * 1935–1936 – San Diego, California United States – California Pacific International Exposition * 1936 – Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Centennial Exhibition * 1936 – Stockholm, Sweden ILIS 1936 * 1936 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair * 1936 –

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

, United States – Great Lakes Exposition * 1936 –

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

, Texas, United States – Texas Centennial Exposition * 1936–1937 –

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

, South Africa – Empire Exhibition, South Africa * 1937 – Cleveland, Ohio, United States – Great Lakes Exposition * 1937 –

, United States – Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition * 1937 – Berlin, Germany – International Hunting Exposition * 1937 –

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, Germany – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk * 1937 –

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

, United States – Pan American Fair (1937) * 1937 – Paris, France –

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 Mu ...

* 1937 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition * 1938 – Berlin, Germany – International Handiworks Exposition * 1938 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 * 1938 – Helsinki, Finland Second International Aeronautic Exhibition * 1939 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition * 1939 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) * 1939 –

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, Switzerland – Schweizerische Landesausstellung * 1939 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition * 1939–1940 – New York City, United States –

1939 New York World's Fair The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an world's fair, international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York, United States. The fair included exhibitio ...

(exhibits included The World of Tomorrow,

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1 ...

, Trylon and Perisphere) * 1939–1940 – San Francisco, California, United States – Golden Gate International Exposition

1940s

* 1940 – Lisbon, Portugal – Portuguese World Exhibition * 1940 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – American Negro Exposition * 1940 –

, California, United States – Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held) * 1940 – Naples, Italy – Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories) * 1940 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (never held) * 1942 –

, California, United States – Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held) * 1942 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held) * 1943 – Stockholm, Sweden – Norwegian Exhibition * 1947 – Paris, France – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing * 1948 – Brussels, Belgium – Foire coloniale (1948) * 1949 –

, Sweden – Universal Sport Exhibition * 1949 – Lyon, France – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing * 1949–1950 –

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...

, Haiti –

Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince The Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince was a world's fair held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1949 to mark the 200th anniversary of the city's founding. Creation President Dumarsais Estimé argued in 1948 for an exposition t ...

1950s

* 1951 – Lille, France – The International Textile Exhibition * 1951 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Britain – Skylon * 1952 –

Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...

, Ceylon – Colombo Exhibition * 1953 – St Louis, Missouri, United States – intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held * 1953 – Manila, Philippines – 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 – International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert * 1953 – Rome, Italy – Agricultural Exposition of Rome EA 53 Rome * 1954 – Naples, Italy – Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei * 1954 – Bogota, Colombia – First International Industry and Commerce Fair of Bogota * 1954 -

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

, Syria – * 1954–1955 –

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Brazil – Fourth Centenary Exhibition * 1955 – Turin, Italy – International Expo of Sport Turin 1955 * 1955 –

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

, Sweden Helsingborg Exhibition 1955 * 1955 – Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic – Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre * 1956 – Beit Dagan, Israel – Exhibition of citriculture * 1957 – Berlin International Building Exposition * 1958 – Brussels, Belgium – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) –

Atomium The Atomium ( , , ) is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and Jean Pol ...

* 1959 –

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

, India – World Agricultural Fair * 1959 – Moscow, Soviet Union – VDNKh

1960s

* 1960 – ''cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)'' * 1961 – Turin, Italy – ''Exposition International du Travail'' Expo 61 * 1962 – Seattle, United States – Century 21 Exposition –

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 List of Seattle landmarks, Seattle landmark. Located in the Lower Queen Anne, Seattle, Lower Queen An ...

* 1964 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Expo 64 – Schweizerische Landesausstellung * 1964–1965 – New York City, United States – 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note: not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) – Unisphere * 1965 – Munich, Germany – International Exhibition of Transport and Communication * 1967 –

, Quebec, Canada –

Expo 67 The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 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 s ...

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

San Antonio, Texas San Antonio ( ; Spanish for "Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the List of Texas metropolitan areas, third-largest metropolitan area in Texa ...

, United States – HemisFair '68 – Tower of the Americas

1970s

* 1970 – Osaka, Japan –

Expo '70 The or Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, between 15 March and 13 September 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 – Budapest, Hungary – Expo 71 (Exhibition World of Hunting) * 1974 –

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

, United States – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) – Riverfront Park * 1975 – Okinawa, Japan – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s

* 1981 –

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

, Bulgaria – Expo 81 * 1982 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States – 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) –

Sunsphere The Sunsphere is a tall hexagonal steel truss structure located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is topped with the gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Directly ...

* 1984 – New Orleans, Louisiana, United States – 1984 Louisiana World Exposition .k.a., 1984 World's Fair(Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life") * 1984 – Liverpool, United Kingdom International Garden Festival Liverpool'84 * 1985 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 85 * 1985 – Tsukuba, 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 cit ...

, British Columbia, Canada –

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) * 1988 – Brisbane, Australia –

Expo '88 World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised World Expo, 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 ...

(World Expo '88) – Skyneedle * 1989 – Nagoya, Japan – World Design Exhibition 1989

1990s

* 1991 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – '' Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young'' * 1992 – three expositions (1 was cancelled) celebrating 500 years since

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...

reached the Americas ** Seville, Spain –

Seville Expo '92 The Universal Exhibition of Seville 1992 – Expo '92 (officially: ) was a universal exhibition held from Monday 20 April to Monday 12 October 1992, at the , in Seville, Spain. The theme for the expo was "The Age of Discoveries", celebrating the ...

Universal Exposition, port where Columbus started his voyage ** Genoa, Italy – Genoa Expo '92 Specialized Exposition, city where Columbus was born ** Columbus, Ohio, United States - AmeriFlora '92 Horticultural Exposition, city named in honor of Columbus ** Chicago, Illinois, United States (Cancelled) – meant to generically represent the Americas-side of Columbus' voyage * 1993 –

Daejeon Daejeon (; ) is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of nearly 1.5 million. Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a ...

(Taejon), South Korea – Expo '93 * 1995 – Vienna, Austria which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held * 1996 – ''cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary)'' * 1998 – Lisbon, Portugal – Expo '98 * 1999 –

Kunming Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...

, China – World Horticultural Exposition

2000s

* 2000 –

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

, Germany – Expo 2000 * 2000 –

Greenwich Greenwich ( , , ) is an List of areas of London, area in south-east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London, east-south-east of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime hi ...

, London, United Kingdom –

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 millen ...

* 2002 – ''cancelled (planned site:

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located ...

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

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the list of Australian capital cities, state capital, Brisbane. It is ...

, Australia)'' * 2002 –

Biel Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...

, Murten,

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...

and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02 * 2004 – ''cancelled (planned site:

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

)'' * 2004 – Barcelona, Spain – Universal Forum of World Cultures * 2005 – Aichi, Japan –

Expo 2005 Expo 2005 was a world expo held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. Japan has also hosted Expo '70 Osaka (World Expo), Expo '75 Okinawa (Specialised Expo) ...

* 2008 – Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008

2010s

* 2010 – Shanghai, China –

Expo 2010 Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the ...

* 2012 –

Yeosu Yeosu, formerly romanized as Yosu, is a coastal city located on the southern shore of South Korea. With a population of 268,823, Yeosu is the second largest city in South Jeolla Province. In 1998, the Old Yeosu City, Yeocheon City and Yeocheon C ...

, South Korea – Expo 2012 * 2015 – Milan, Italy –

Expo 2015 Expo 2015 was a World's fair, World Expo hosted by Milan, Italy. It opened on May 1 at 10:00 Central European Summer Time, CEST and closed on October 31. Milan hosted an exposition for the second time; the first was the 1906 Milan Internation ...

* 2016 –

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

, Türkiye – Expo 2016 * 2017 –

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

, Kazakhstan – Expo 2017

2020s

* 2021–2022 –

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

, United Arab Emirates —

Expo 2020 Expo 2020 () was a World Expo hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Ara ...

* 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina — Expo 2023 – cancelled * 2025 – Osaka, Japan — Expo 2025 * 2027 – Belgrade, Serbia - Expo 2027

2030s

* 2030 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Expo 2030

Future bids and candidate cities

2035

*2035 - Germany plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in

*2035 - Egypt plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in

New Administrative Capital New Administrative Capital (NAC) () is a New Urban Communities Authority, new urban community east of New Cairo in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite city of Cairo. As of May 2023, 14 ministries and government entities have been relocated ...

*2035 - South Korea plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in

Busan Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...

*2035 - China plans to bid for the Expo 2035 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

References

External links

ExpoMuseum – The World's Fair Museum

ExpoBids – Proposed and Active Bids for Future World's Fairs
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