List of world's fairs

This is a chronological list of international or colonial world's fairs.

1790s

• 1791 – Prague, 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 wrote his final opera La clemenza di Tito.^[1]
• 1798 – Paris, France – L'Exposition des produits de l'industrie française, Paris, 1798.^[2] This was the first public industrial exposition in France although earlier in 1798 the Marquis d'Avèze had held a private exposition of handicrafts and manufactured goods at the Maison d'Orsay in the Rue de Varenne and it was this that suggested the idea of a public exposition to Nicolas François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.^[3]

1800s

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

1810s

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

1820s

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

1830s

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

1840s

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

1850s

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

1860s

• 1860 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Grand Exhibition of the Industrial Products of United Canada at the Crystal Palace (Montreal)
• 1861 – Brisbane, Queensland – First Queensland Exhibition
• 1861 – Melbourne, Victoria – Second Victorian Exhibition
• 1861 – Metz, France – Exposition Universelle (1861)^[22]
• 1861 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fisheries Exposition^[23]
• 1862 – Geelong, Victoria - Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry
• 1862 – London, United Kingdom – 1862 International Exhibition^[13][17]
• 1864 – Bayonne, France – Franco-Spanish Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1865 – Cologne, Prussia – International Agricultural Exhibition^[24]
• 1865 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1865 – Batavia, Dutch East Indies – Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1865 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand Exhibition^[25]
• 1865 – Dublin, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures^[13][26]
• 1865 – Freetown, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Exhibition^[27]
• 1865 – Porto, Portugal – 1865 International Exhibition^[28]
• 1866 – Ballarat, Victoria – National Industrial Exhibition
• 1866 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia
• 1866 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – International Fisheries Exposition^[23]
• 1866 – Arcachon, France – International Exposition of Fish and Water Products^[23]
• 1866 – Stockholm, Sweden – Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition^[29]
• 1867 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1867)^[13][17]
• 1867 – The Hague, Netherlands – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Aarhaus, Denmark – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Vienna, Austria – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1867 – Gothenburg, Sweden – International Maritime Exhibition^[23]
• 1868 – Le Havre, France – International Maritime Exposition^[23]
• 1869 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Exhibition of Domestic Economy^[18]

1870s

• 1870 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)^[30]
• 1871 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional^[18]
• 1871 – London, United Kingdom – First Annual International Exhibition (1871)^[13]
• 1871 – Naples, Italy – International Maritime Exposition^[23]
• 1872 – Hamilton, Bermuda – Industrial and Loan Exhibition
• 1872 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Second Scandinavian Exhibition of Arts and Industry^[31]
• 1872 – London, United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)^[13]
• 1872 – Christchurch, New Zealand – New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition
• 1872 – Lima, Peru – Lima International Exhibition^[32]
• 1872 – Lyon, France – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)^[33]
• 1872 – Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)^[30]
• 1873 – London, United Kingdom – Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)^[13]
• 1873 – Vienna, Austria – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien^[13][17]
• 1873 – Sydney, New South Wales – Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
• 1874 – London, United Kingdom – Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)^[13]
• 1874 – Dublin, United Kingdom^[34] – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
• 1874 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)^[35]
• 1874 – Jamestown, Saint Helena – St. Helena Industrial Exhibition^[36]
• 1874 – Marseille, France – Exhibition of Modern Inventions and Discoveries^[37]
• 1874 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Franklin Institute Exhibition^[38]
• 1875 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition^[30]
• 1875 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Nizhny Novgorod Fair (1875)^[30]
• 1875 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Chilean International Exhibition^[30]
• 1876 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus^[39]
• 1876 – Helsinki, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition^[40]
• 1876 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition
• 1876 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Centennial Exposition^[13][17]
• 1876 – Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)^[41]
• 1876 – London, United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus^[42][20]
• 1877 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African International Exhibition^[43]
• 1877 – Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)^[44]
• 1877 – Sydney, New South Wales – Sydney Metropolitan and Intercolonial Exhibition
• 1877 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition
• 1878 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1878)^[13][17]
• 1878 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)^[30]
• 1878 – London, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1879 – Bendigo, 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^[13][17]
• 1879 – Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)^[45]
• 1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International Agricultural Exhibition^[46]

1880s

• 1880 – Berlin, Germany – International Fisheries Exhibition^[23]
• 1880 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Christchurch Industrial Exhibition
• 1880 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition
• 1880 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow Electrical Exhibition^[47][20]
• 1880-1881 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne International Exhibition^[13]
• 1881 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Exhibition.^[48]
• 1881 – Matanzas, Cuba – Exhibition of Matanzas
• 1881 – Paris, France – International Exposition of Electricity, Paris^[30]
• 1881 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Dunedin Industrial Exhibition
• 1881 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States – International Cotton Exposition^[13]
• 1881 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Országos Nőipari Kiállitás^{[citation needed][49]}
• 1881 – London, United Kingdom – International Medical and Sanitary Exhibition^[50]
• 1881 – Tokyo, Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition^[51]
• 1881-1882 – Perth, Western Australia – Perth International Exhibition^[52]
• 1882 – Lille, France – International Exposition of Industrial Art^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – Munich, Germany – International Electrical Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – Christchurch, New Zealand – New Zealand International Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1882 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition^[53]
• 1882 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^[54]
• 1882 – Bordeaux, France – Exposition internationale des vins^[30]
• 1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana)^[55]
• 1883 – London, United Kingdom – International Electric Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Electrical Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork Industrial Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Colonial and Export Exhibition^[13]
• 1883 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition^[13]
• 1883 – Marseille, France – International Maritime Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Christchurch, New Zealand – All Colonial Exhibition
• 1883 – Madrid, Spain – Exposition of Mining and Metallurgy^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – International Fisheries Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Parramatta, New South Wales – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1883 – Hobart, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition
• 1883 – Launceston, Tasmania – Art and Industrial Exhibition
• 1883 – Louisville, Kentucky, United States – Southern Exposition^[13]
• 1883 – New York City, United States – World's Fair (1883) (never held)^[35]
• 1883 – Caracas, Venezuela – National Exposition of Venezuela
• 1883–1884 – Boston, Massachusetts, United States – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations^[56]
• 1884 – Nice, France – International Exposition of Nice^[57]
• 1884 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – International Agricultural Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 – London, United Kingdom – London International Universal Exhibition^[58]
• 1884 – South Kensington, United Kingdom – International Health and Education Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African Industrial Exhibition
• 1884 – Durban, South Africa – Natal Agricultural, Horticultural, Industrial and Art Exhibition^[59]
• 1884 – New Orleans, Louisiana, United States – World Cotton Centennial^[13]
• 1884 – Melbourne, Victoria^[30] – 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^[30]
• 1884 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana^[30]
• 1884 – Adelaide, South Australia – Grand Industrial Exhibition
• 1885 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony (now South Africa) – South African Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)^[13]
• 1885 – Nuremberg, Germany – International Exposition of Metals and Metallurgy^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian National Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition^[60]
• 1885 – Zaragoza, Spain – Aragonese Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1885 – London, United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition^[61]
• 1886 – London, United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)^[13]
• 1886 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art^[13]
• 1886 – Liverpool, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)^[60][62]
• 1886 – Bendigo, Victoria – Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition
• 1886 – Launceston, Tasmania – Launceston Industrial Exhibition
• 1886 – Perth, Western Australia – West Australian Exhibition
• 1887 – Le Havre, France – International Maritime Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Atlanta, United States – Piedmont Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Geelong, Victoria – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Royal Jubilee Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – London, United Kingdom – American Exhibition^[60]
• 1887 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione mondiale (1887)^{[citation needed]}
• 1887 – Madrid, Spain – Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas^[63][64]
• 1887–1888 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)^[13]
• 1888 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1888)^[13]
• 1888 – Brussels, Belgium – Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)^[60]
• 1888 – Barcelona, Spain – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)^[13]
• 1888 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati Centennial Exposition (1888)^[65]
• 1888 – Lisbon, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)^[66]
• 1888 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling)^[60]
• 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Melbourne Centennial Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1888–1889 – Melbourne, Victoria – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888)^[13]
• 1889 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1889) – Eiffel Tower^{[citation needed]}
• 1889 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)^[13]
• 1889 – Buffalo, New York, United States – International Industrial Fair (1889)^{[citation needed]}

1890s

• 1890 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition
• 1890 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Agricultural and Forestry Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1890 – Bremen, Germany – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung^[60]
• 1890 – London, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy^{[citation needed][67]}
• 1890 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry^[54]
• 1890 – Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
• 1891 – Moscow, Russia – Exposition française^{[citation needed]}
• 1891 – Frankfurt, Germany – International Electrotechnical Exhibition^[68]
• 1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition (1891)^[13]
• 1891 – Prague, Austria-Hungary – General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds
• 1891 – Adelaide, South Australia – Industrial Exhibition of South Australian Industries, Products and Manufactures
• 1891 – Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago Exhibition
• 1891–1892 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)^[60]
• 1892 – Grenoble, France – International Alpine Exposition of Grenoble
• 1892 – Genoa, Italy – Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892)
• 1892 – Washington, D.C., United States – Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)^[35]
• 1892 – London, United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition
• 1892 – Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope – South African and International Exhibition^[69]
• 1892–1893 – Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition^[13]
• 1893 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Columbian Exposition^[13] – 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, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894^[13]
• 1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)^[13]
• 1894 – Santiago, Chile – International Mining and Metallurgical Exposition
• 1894 – Lyons, France – Exposition internationale et coloniale^[60]
• 1894 – Manchester, United Kingdom – British and Colonial Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1894 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)^{[citation needed]}
• 1894 – Fremantle, 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)^[13]
• 1895 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)^{[citation needed]}
• 1895 – Bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Exposition [fr]
• 1895 – Kyoto, Japan – National Japanese Exhibition
• 1895 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Art and Industrial Exhibition
• 1895 – Atlanta, Georgia, United States – Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)^[70]
• 1895 – Montevideo, Uruguay - National Agricultural Exhibition
• 1896 – Rouen, France – National and Colonial Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Kiel, Germany – International Shipping and Fishery Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Hungarian Millenary Exhibition ^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition
• 1896 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Pan Russian Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Malmö, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and Handicraft Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1896 – Berlin, Germany – Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin^[60]
• 1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – International Exposition (1896) (never held)^[35]
• 1896 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Cardiff Fine Arts, Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition^[71]
• 1896 – Geneva, Switzerland – Exposition National Suisse
• 1897 – Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)^[70]
• 1897 – Arcachon, France – Arcachon International Exposition^[72]
• 1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana^[70]
• 1897 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Victorian Exhibition^[73]
• 1897 – Brisbane, Queensland – Queensland International Exhibition^[74]
• 1897 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897)^{[citation needed]}
• 1897 – Nashville, Tennessee, United States – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition^[70]
• 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm^[70]
• 1897 – Kiev, Russian Empire – Agricultural Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – National Exhibition
• 1898 – Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire – Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (1898)^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Trans-Mississippi Exposition^[70]
• 1898 – Bergen, Norway – International Fisheries Exposition (1898)^{[citation needed]}
• 1898 – Munich, Germany – Kraft – und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
• 1898 – San Francisco, California, United States – California's Golden Jubilee (1898)^[75]
• 1898 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana^[74]
• 1898 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung^[74]
• 1898 – Launceston, Tasmania – Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
• 1898 – Grahamstown, South Africa – Industrial and Arts Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1899 – Coolgardie, Western Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition^[74]
• 1899 – Como, Italy – Como Electrical Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Greater America Exposition
• 1899 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – National Export Exposition^[74]
• 1899 – London, United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition^[76]

1900s

• 1900 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1900)^[70] – Le Grand Palais
• 1900 – Adelaide, South Australia – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)^{[citation needed]}
• 1900 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Canterbury Jubilee Industrial Exhibition
• 1901 – Bendigo, Australia – Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition
• 1901 – Buffalo, New York, United States – Pan-American Exposition^[70]
• 1901 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)^[70]
• 1901 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
• 1901 – Charleston, South Carolina, United States – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition^[70]
• 1902 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Fishery Exposition
• 1902 – Turin, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna^[70]
• 1902 – Hanoi, French Indochina – Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale)^[70]
• 1902 – Lille, France – International Exposition of Lille
• 1902 – Cork, United Kingdom – Cork International Exhibition^[77]
• 1902 – Wolverhampton, 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)^[35]
• 1902 – Toledo, Ohio, United States – Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) – (never held)^[35]
• 1903 – Melbourne, Australia – Australian Federal International Exhibition
• 1903 – Osaka, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition^[74]
• 1904 – St. Louis, Missouri, United States – Louisiana Purchase Exposition^[70] (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
• 1904 – Cape Town, South Africa – Cape Town Industrial Exhibition
• 1905 – Portland, Oregon, United States – Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition^[70]
• 1905 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège (1905)^[70]
• 1905 – London, United Kingdom – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition^[74]
• 1905 – New York City, United States – Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)^[78]
• 1906 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Hygiene Exhibition
• 1906 – Milan, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione^[70]
• 1906 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition^[74]
• 1906 – Marseille, France – Exposition coloniale (1906)^[79]
• 1906 – Bucharest, Romania – Romanian General Exposition
• 1906 – Tourcoing, France – International Exposition of Textile Industries
• 1906–1907 – Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)^[70]
• 1907 – Bordeaux, France – International Maritime Exposition [fr]
• 1907 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition
• 1907 – Bergen, Norway – Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition
• 1907 – Dublin, United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition^[70]
• 1907 – Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States – Jamestown Exposition
• 1907 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)^{[citation needed]}
• 1907 – Mannheim, Germany – Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)^{[citation needed]}
• 1908 – Marseille, France – Exposition of Electricity
• 1908 – Trondheim, Norway – Scandinavian Fisheries Exhibition
• 1908 – Zaragoza, Spain – Hispano-French Exposition of 1908^[74]
• 1908 – London, United Kingdom – Franco-British Exhibition (1908)^[70]
• 1908 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Scottish National Exhibition^[80][81]
• 1908 – New York City, United States – International Mining Exposition (1908)
• 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exhibition of the Centenary of the Opening of the Ports of Brazil
• 1908 – Marseille, France – Exposition International de l'Electricite^[82][83]
• 1909 – London, United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition^[84]
• 1909 – Nancy, France – Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France^{[citation needed]}
• 1909 – Seattle, Washington, United States – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition^[70]
• 1909 – New York City, United States – Hudson-Fulton Celebration^[85]
• 1909 – San Francisco, California, United States – Portolá Festival (1909)^{[citation needed]}
• 1909 – Quito, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition^[74]

1910s

• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – International Hunting Exposition
• 1910 – Santiago, Chile – International Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
• 1910 – Bogotá, Colombia – Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910)^{[citation needed]}
• 1910 – Nanking, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition^[70]
• 1910 – Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910^[70]
• 1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario^{[citation needed]}
• 1910 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Industrial Exhibition
• 1910 – London, United Kingdom – Japan–British Exhibition^[74]
• 1910 – San Francisco, California, United States – Admission Day Festival (1910) September 8, 9, 10^{[86][87][88][89][90]}
• 1910 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)^[74]
• 1911 – Charleroi, Belgium – Charleroi Exposition
• 1911 – Havana, Cuba – Cuban National Exposition^{[citation needed]}
• 1911 – Roubaix, France – International Exposition of Northern France
• 1911 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exhibition^[74]
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Coronation Exhibition (1911)^[74]
• 1911 – London, United Kingdom – Festival of Empire^[91]
• 1911 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)^[74]
• 1911 – Wellington, New Zealand – Coronation Industrial Exhibition
• 1911 – Turin, Italy – Turin International^[74]
• 1911 – Omsk, Russia – Western Siberian Exhibition
• 1911 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry^[74]
• 1911 – New York City, United States – International Mercantile Exposition (1911)^[92]
• 1912 – Manila, Philippines – Philippine Exposition (1912)^[93]
• 1912 – London, United Kingdom – Latin-British Exhibition^[94]
• 1912, 1917 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand Exhibition of Japan (planned for 1912, postponed to 1917 and then never held)^[95]
• 1913 – Melbourne, Australia - Great All-Australian Exhibition
• 1913 – Leipzig, Germany – International Building Trades Exposition
• 1913 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Exhibition^[94]
• 1913 – Ghent, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)^[70]
• 1913 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813–1913^[96]
• 1913 – Kiev, Russian Empire – All Russian Exhibition
• 1913 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States – National Conservation Exposition^[97]
• 1914 – London, United Kingdom – Anglo-American Exhibition^[94]
• 1914 – Malmö, Sweden – Baltic Exhibition^[98]
• 1914 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, France – International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Lyon, France – Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Taisho Exposition
• 1914 – Cologne, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition (1914)^[99]
• 1914 – Bristol, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1914)^[100]
• 1914 – Nottingham, United Kingdom – Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held)^[101][102]
• 1914 – Semarang, Dutch East Indies – Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (Colonial Exposition)^{[citation needed]}
• 1914 – Christiania, Norway – 1914 Jubilee Exhibition (Norges Jubilæumsutstilling)^[103]
• 1914 – Baltimore, United States – National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration^[104]
• 1914 – Genoa, Italy – International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene ^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – Casablanca, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – San Francisco, California, United States – Panama–Pacific International Exposition^[70] Palace of Fine Arts
• 1915 – Panama City, Panama – Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)^[94]
• 1915 – Richmond, United States – Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)^{[citation needed]}
• 1915 – Chicago, United States – Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915)^[105]
• 1915–1916 – San Diego, California, United States – Panama–California Exposition^[70]
• 1916 – Wellington, New Zealand – British Commercial and Industrial Exhibition
• 1918 – New York City, United States – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries^[94]
• 1918 – Los Angeles, United States – California Liberty Fair (1918)^{[citation needed]}

1920s

• 1920 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Peace Exhibition
• 1920 – Shanghai, China – American-Chinese Exposition^[35]
• 1921 – Riga, Latvia – 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 – Marseille, France – Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)^[94]
• 1922 – Tokyo, Japan – Peace Exhibition (1922)^{[citation needed]}
• 1922 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries
• 1922–1923 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)^[70]
• 1923 – Auckland, New Zealand – Dominion Industrial Exhibition
• 1923 – Los Angeles, United States – American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
• 1923 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
• 1923 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Russian Agricultural and Domestic Industries Exhibition
• 1923 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (Liseberg)^[94]
• 1923–1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British and Intercolonial Exhibition^[106]
• 1924 – Wembley, London, United Kingdom – British Empire Exhibition
• 1924 – New York City, United States – French Exposition (1924)^[107]
• 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^[70]
• 1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition^[70]
• 1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition^[70]
• 1926 – Berlin, Germany – Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
• 1927 – Lyon, France – Foire internationale (1925)
• 1927 – Stuttgart, Germany – Werkbund Exhibition
• 1928 – Cologne, Germany – International Press Exhibition
• 1928 – Long Beach, United States – Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)^[70]
• 1929 – Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom – North East Coast Exhibition
• 1929 – Hangzhou, China – Westlake Exposition
• 1929–1930 – Seville, Spain – Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
• 1929–1930 – Barcelona, Spain,^[70] – 1929 Barcelona International Exposition

1930s

• 1930 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Exhibition
• 1930 – Antwerp, Belgium^[70] – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand
• 1930 – Liège, Belgium^[108] – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien
• 1930 – Oran, Algeria – Oran Exposition
• 1930 – Dresden, Germany – International Hygiene Exposition
• 1930 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)^[109]
• 1930 – Trondheim, Norway – Trøndelag Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1931 – Paris, France^[108] – Paris Colonial Exposition^[109]
• 1931 – Berlin, Germany – International Building Exposition
• 1932 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair^[110]
• 1933 – Tokyo, Japan – Women's and Children International Exhibition
• 1933–1934 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Industrial Exposition
• 1933–1934 – Chicago, Illinois, United States^[108] – Century of Progress International Exposition^[109]
• 1934 – Melbourne, Australia – Centenary All Australian Exhibition
• 1934 – Porto, Portugal – Portuguese colonial exhibition^[94][109]
• 1934 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair^[109]
• 1935 – Yokohama, Japan – Grand Yokohama Exposition
• 1935 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV)^{[citation needed]}
• 1935 – Brussels, Belgium^[108][109] – Brussels International Exposition (1935)
• 1935 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair^[109]
• 1935 – Taipei. Taiwan – The Taiwan Exposition: In Commemoration of the First Forty Years of Colonial Rule^[111]
• 1935–1936 – San Diego, California United States^[108] – California Pacific International Exposition^[109]
• 1936 – Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Centennial Exhibition
• 1936 – Stockholm, Sweden^[112] ILIS 1936
• 1936 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair^[113]
• 1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition^[94]
• 1936 – Dallas, Texas, United States – Texas Centennial Exposition^[94]
• 1936–1937 – Johannesburg, South Africa^[108] – Empire Exhibition, South Africa^[114][109]
• 1937 – Cleveland, Ohio, United States – Great Lakes Exposition^[115]
• 1937 – Dallas, United States – Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition^[94][109]
• 1937 – Berlin, Germany – International Hunting Exposition
• 1937 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk^[94]
• 1937 – Miami, United States^[109] – Pan American Fair (1937)
• 1937 – Paris, France^[108][109] – Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
• 1937 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition^[109]
• 1938 – Berlin, Germany – International Handiworks Exposition
• 1938 – Glasgow, United Kingdom^[108] – Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
• 1938 – Helsinki, Finland^[112] Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
• 1939 – Wellington, New Zealand^[109] – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
• 1939 – Liège, Belgium – Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)^[94][112]
• 1939 – Zürich, Switzerland – Schweizerische Landesausstellung
• 1939 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
• 1939–1940 – New York City, United States^[108] – 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
• 1939–1940 – San Francisco, California, United States^[108] – Golden Gate International Exposition

1940s

• 1940 – Lisbon, Portugal^[108] – Portuguese World Exhibition
• 1940 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – American Negro Exposition
• 1940 – Los Angeles, California, United States – Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held)^[35][116]
• 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)^[35][116]
• 1942 – Los Angeles, California, United States – Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held)^[35]
• 1942 – Rome, Italy – Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held)^[35][116]
• 1943 – Stockholm, Sweden – Norwegian Exhibition^[117]
• 1947 – Paris, France^[112] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1948 – Brussels, Belgium – Foire coloniale (1948)
• 1949 – Stockholm, Sweden – Universal Sport Exhibition^[112]
• 1949 – Lyon, France^[112] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
• 1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti^[108] – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

1950s

• 1951 – Lille, France^[112] – The International Textile Exhibition^[118]
• 1951 – London, United Kingdom^[108] – Festival of Britain – Skylon
• 1952 – Colombo, Ceylon – Colombo Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1953 – St Louis, Missouri, United States – intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held^[116]
• 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^{[119][120][121][122]}
• 1953 – Jerusalem, Israel – International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert^[112]
• 1953 – Rome, Italy – Agricultural Exposition of Rome EA 53 Rome^[112][123]
• 1954 – Naples, Italy – Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei^[112][123]
• 1954 – Bogota, Colombia – First International Industry and Commerce Fair of Bogota^{[citation needed]}
• 1954 – Damascus, Syria – "Damascus World Fair".
• 1954–1955 – São Paulo, Brazil – Fourth Centenary Exhibition^{[citation needed]}
• 1955 – Turin, Italy – International Expo of Sport Turin 1955^[112][123]
• 1955 – Helsingborg, Sweden^[112] Helsingborg Exhibition 1955^[124]
• 1955 – Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic – Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre^[94]
• 1956 – Beit Dagan, Israel – Exhibition of citriculture^[112]
• 1957 – Berlin^[112] International Building Exposition^[125]
• 1958 – Brussels, Belgium^[108] – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium
• 1959 – New Delhi, India – World Agricultural Fair^[126]
• 1959 – Moscow, Soviet Union – Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh)^[127]

1960s

• 1960 – cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)
• 1961 – Turin, Italy – Exposition International du Travail^[112][128] Expo 61
• 1962 – Seattle, United States^[108] – Century 21 Exposition – Space Needle
• 1964 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Expo 64 – Schweizerische Landesausstellung
• 1964–1965 – New York City, United States^[108] – 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note: not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) – Unisphere
• 1965 – Munich, West Germany – International Exhibition of Transport and Communication^[129]
• 1967 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada^[108] – Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967)
• 1968 – San Antonio, Texas, United States^[108][112] – HemisFair '68 – Tower of the Americas

1970s

• 1970 – Osaka, Japan^[108] – Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
• 1971 – Budapest, Hungary^[112][130] – Expo 71 (Exhibition World of Hunting)
• 1974 – Spokane, Washington, United States^[108][112] – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) – Riverfront Park
• 1975 – Okinawa, Japan^[108][112] – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s

• 1981 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 81^[131]
• 1982 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States^[112] – 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) – Sunsphere
• 1984 – New Orleans, Louisiana, United States^[108][112] – 1984 Louisiana World Exposition [a.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^[132]
• 1985 – Tsukuba, Japan^[108][112] – Expo 85
• 1986 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^[108][112] – Expo 86 (1986 World Exposition)
• 1988 – Brisbane, Australia^[108][112] – Expo '88 (World Expo '88) – Skyneedle
• 1989 – Nagoya, Japan – World Design Exhibition 1989

1990s

• 1991 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young^[112][133]
• 1992 – three expositions (1 was cancelled) celebrating 500 years since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas
  • Seville, Spain^[108] – Seville Expo '92 Universal Exposition, port where Columbus started his voyage
  • Genoa, Italy^[108] – 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)^[134] – meant to generically represent the Americas-side of Columbus' voyage
• 1993 – Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea^[108] – Expo '93
• 1995 – Vienna, Austria which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held^[134]
• 1996 – cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary)^[134]
• 1998 – Lisbon, Portugal^[108] – Expo '98
• 1999 – Kunming, China – World Horticultural Exposition^[94]

2000s

• 2000 – Hanover, Germany^[135] – Expo 2000
• 2000 – Greenwich, London, United Kingdom – Millennium Dome^[94]
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Metro Manila, Philippines)^[136][137]
• 2002 – cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)^[137]
• 2002 – Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland – Expo.02
• 2004 – cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France)^[138]
• 2004 – Barcelona, Spain – Universal Forum of World Cultures^[94]
• 2005 – Aichi, Japan – Expo 2005^[139]
• 2008 – Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008^[140]

2010s

• 2010 – Shanghai,^[135] China – Expo 2010
• 2012 – Yeosu,^[141] South Korea – Expo 2012
• 2015 – Milan, Italy – Expo 2015
• 2016 – Antalya, Türkiye – Expo 2016
• 2017 – Astana, Kazakhstan – Expo 2017

2020s

• 2021–2022^[142] – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Expo 2020^[143]
• 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Expo 2023^[144] – cancelled
• 2025 – Osaka, Japan^[145] – Expo 2025
• 2025 - "World Fair US" an international festival to be held in Chicago from July 7–28, 2025, at SeatGeek Stadium.
• 2027 – Belgrade, Serbia – Expo 2027

2030s

• 2030 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Expo 2030

Future bids and candidate cities

Several cities plan to bid for the Expo 2035 including Berlin, Germany;^[146] New Administrative Capital, Egypt;^[147] Busan, South Korea;^[148] and China in Hong Kong & Shenzhen.^[149]

See also

• List of World's Fair architecture
• List of tourist attractions worldwide
• List of world expositions