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List of world's fairs
This is a list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built).
1750s - 1790s - 1800s - 1820s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s
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1798 - Paris, France - First Exhibition (1798) and Second Exhibition (1798) in Europe
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1860 - Besançon, France - Exposition universelle (1860)
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1861 - Melbourne, Australia - Victorian Exhibition (1861)
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1862 - Hamburg, Germany - International Agricultural Exhibition (1862)
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1862 - London - International Exhibition (1862) (Great London Exposition) (South Kensington, England )
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1864 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Dutch Industry Expostion (1864)
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1865 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Great Central Fair for the US Sanitary Commission (1865)
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1865 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Internacional (1865)
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1865 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865)
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1865 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand Exhibition (1865)
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1866 - Melbourne, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866)
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1867 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1867)
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1868 - Le Havre, France - Exposition Maritime Internationale (1868)
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1870 - Córdoba, Argentina - Exposición Nacional (1870)
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1870 - Sydney, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
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1871 - London - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
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1872 - London - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
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1872 - Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)
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1872 - Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)
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1873 - London - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
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1873 - Vienna, Austria - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
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1873 - Sydney, Australia - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
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1874 - London - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
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1874 - Dublin, Ireland - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
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1874 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)
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1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposicion Internacional de 1875
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1875 - Melbourne, Australia - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
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1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
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1875 - Sydney, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
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1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional de Chile
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1876 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Centennial Exposition
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1876 - Brisbane, Australia - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
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1877 - Cape Town, South Africa - South African International Exhibition (1877)
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1877 - Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)
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1878 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)
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1878 - Ballarat, Australia - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
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1879 - Sydney, Australia - Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
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1879 - Melbourne, Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)
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1882 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Continental Sud-Americana (1882)
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1883 - Boston, Massachusetts - The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations (1883)
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1883 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883) (International Colonial Exhibition)
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1883 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition (1883)
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1883 - Parramatta, Australia - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion (1883)
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1883 - Louisville, Kentucky - Southern Exposition (1883)
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1883 - New York, New York - World's Fair (1883) (never held)
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1884 - New Orleans, Louisiana - World Cotton Centennial (1884) (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
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1884 - Melbourne, Australia - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
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1884 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Forestry Exhibition (1884)
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1884 - Saint Louis, Missouri - Saint Louis Exposition (1884)
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1884 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione generale italiana (1884)
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1885 - Melbourne, Australia - Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
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1885 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)
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1885 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (1885)
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1885 - New Orleans, Louisiana - North, Central and South American Exposition (1885)
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1885 - London - International Exhibition of Inventions
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1886 - London - Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
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1886 - Melbourne, Australia
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1886 - Edinburgh, Scotland - International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art (1886)
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1886 - Liverpool, England - International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
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1887 - Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
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1887 - Geelong, Australia - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
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1887 - London - American Exhibition (1887)
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1887 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione mondiale (1887)
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1888 - Melbourne, Australia - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888) , Centennial International Exhibition
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1888 - Glasgow, Scotland - International Exhibition (1888)
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1888 - Brussels, Belgium - Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
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1888 - Barcelona, Spain - Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
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1888 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
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1889 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower
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1889 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
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1890 - Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)
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1891 - Moscow, Russia - Exposition française (1891)
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1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)
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1891 - Launceston, Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
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1892 - Genoa, Italy - Esposizione italo-americana (1892)
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1892 - Madrid, Spain - Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)
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1892 - Washington, DC - Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)
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1893 - Chicago, Illinois - World Columbian Exposition also called World's Columbian Exposition
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1893 - Kimberly, South Africa - South Africa and International Exhibition (1893)
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1893 - New York, New York - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)
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1894 - San Francisco, California - California Mid-Winter Exposition (1894)
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1894 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
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1894 - Lyon, France - Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894)
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1894 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
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1895 - Hobart, Australia - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
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1895 - Ballarat - Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
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1895 - Atlanta, Georgia - Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
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1896 - Berlin, Germany - Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
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1896 - Mexico City, Mexico - International Exposition (1896) (never held)
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1897 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
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1897 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)
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1897 - Brisbane, Australia - Queensland International Exhibition (1897)
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1897 - Chicago, Illinois - Irish Fair (1897)
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1897 - Nashville, Tennessee - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
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1897 - Stockholm, Sweden - Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen (1897)
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1898 - Dunedin, New Zealand - Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
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1898 - Omaha, Nebraska - Trans-Mississippi Exposition
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1898 - Bergen, Norway - International Fisheries Exposition (1898)
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1898 - Munich, Germany - Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
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1898 - San Francisco, California - California's Golden Jubilee (1898)
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1898 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione generale italiana (1898)
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1898 - Vienna, Austria - Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)
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1899 - Coolgardie, Australia - Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition (1899)
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1899 - Omaha, Nebraska - Greater America Exposition (1899)
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1899 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - National Export Exposition (1899)
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1899 - London - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)
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1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900)
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1900 - Adelaide, Australia - Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
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1901 - Buffalo, New York - Pan-American Exposition
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1901 - Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
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1901 - Vienna, Austria - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
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1901 - Charleston, South Carolina - South Carolina and Interstate and West Indian Exposition (1901)
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1902 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
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1902 - Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)
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1902 - New York, New York - United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held)
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1902 - Toledo, Ohio - Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) - (never held)
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1903 - Osaka, Japan - National Industrial Exposition (1903)
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1904 - Saint Louis, Missouri - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition)
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1904 - Portland, Oregon - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1904)
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1905 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1905)
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1905 - London - Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition (1905)
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1905 - New York, New York - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
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1906 - Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (1906)
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1906 - London - Austrian Exhibition (1906)
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1906 - Marseille, France - Exposition coloniale (1906)
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1906 - Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)
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1907 - Dublin, Ireland - Irish International Exhibition (1907)
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1907 - Hampton Roads, Virginia -Jamestown Exposition
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1907 - Chicago, Illinois - World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)
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1907 - Mannheim, Germany - Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)
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1908 - London - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
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1908 - New York, New York - International Mining Exposition (1908)
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1908 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)
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1909 - Seattle, Washington - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
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1909 - New York, New York - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
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1909 - San Francisco, California - Portolá Festival (1909)
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1909 - Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)
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1910 - Nanking, China - Nanking Exposition (1910)
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1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)
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1910 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional (1910)
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1910 - London - Japan-British Exhibition (1910)
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1910 - San Francisco, California - Admission Day Festival (1910)
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1910 - Vienna, Austria - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
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1911 - Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)
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1911 - London - Coronation Exhibition (1911)
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1911 - London - Festival of Empire (1911)
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1911 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)
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1911 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor (1911)
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1911 - Glasgow, Scotland - Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry
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1911 - New York, New York - International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
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1912 - Manila, Philippines - Philippine Exposition (1912)
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1912 - London - Latin-British Exhibition (1912)
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1912 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand Exposition of Japan (1912) (never held)
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1913 - Ghent, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)
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1913 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
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1913 - Knoxville, Tennessee - National Conservation Exposition (1913)
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1914 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
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1914 - Cologne, Germany - Werkbund Exposition (1914)
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1914 - Nottingham, England - Universal Exhibition (1914)
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1914 - Semarang, Indonesia - Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)
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1914 - Kristiania - Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
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1915 - San Francisco, California - Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
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1915 - San Diego, California - Panama-California Exposition (1915)
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1915 - Panama City, Panama - Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)
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1915 - Richmond, Virginia - Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)
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1915 - Washington, DC - National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (never held)
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1917 - San Francisco, California - Allied War Exposition (1917)
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1918 - New York, New York - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries (1918)
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1918 - Chicago, Illinois - Allied War Exposition (1918)
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1918 - Los Angeles, California - California Liberty Fair (1918)
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1920 - Shanghai, China - American-Chinese Exposition (1920) (?)
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1921 - London - International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
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1922 - Marseille, France - Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)
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1922 - Tokyo, Japan - Peace Exhibition (1922)
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1922 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
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1923 - Los Angeles, California - American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
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1923 - Calcutta, India Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition (1924)
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1924 - Wembley, London, England British Empire Exhibition (1924)
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1924 - New York, New York - French Exposition (1924)
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1925 - Lyon, France - Foire (1925)
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1925 - San Francisco, California - California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
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1925 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
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1925 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (1925)
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1926 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Sesquicentennial Exposition
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1926 - Berlin, Germany - Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
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1927 - Lyon, France - Foire internationale (1925)
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1928 - Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
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1928 - Long Beach, California - Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
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1929 - Barcelona, Spain, and Seville, Spain - Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) or (Spain International Exposition)
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1929 - Newcastle upon Tyne - North East Coast Exhibition
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1930 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (1930)
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1930 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien (1930)
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1930 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm International (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
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1930 - Trondheim, Norway - Tröndelag Exhibition (1930)
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1931 - Paris, France - French Colonial Exposition (1931)
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1931 - Milan, Italy - International Foundry Exhibition and Congress (1931)
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1931 - Paris, France - Exposition coloniale internationale (1931)
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1931 - Yorktown, Virginia - Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1931)
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1933 - Chicago, Illinois - Century of Progress International Exposition
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1934 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
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1934 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Levant Fair (1934)
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1935 - Brussels, Belgium Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)
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1935 - San Diego, California - California Pacific International Exposition (1935)
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1935 - Porto Alegre, Brazil -Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha (1935)
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1936 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Empire Exhibition (1936)
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1936 - Cleveland, Ohio - Great Lakes Exposition (1936)
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1936 - Dallas, Texas - Texas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)
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1937 - Berlin, Germany - Ausstellung (1937)
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1937 - Dallas, Texas - Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition (1937)
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1937 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (1937)
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1937 - Miami, Florida - Pan American Fair (1937)
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1937 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale de Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
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1937 - Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
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1938 - Glasgow, Scotland - British Empire Exhibition (1938)
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1939 - New York, New York - 1939 New York World's Fair exhibits included The World of Tomorrow Futurama Trylon Perisphere
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1939 - San Francisco, California - Golden Gate Exposition (1939) also called the Golden Gate International Exposition
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1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
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1939 - Dresden, Germany - Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)
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1939 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)
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1939 - Zürich, Switzerland - Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)
Last updated: 06-02-2005 14:02:05
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