This is a chronological
list of international or colonial world fairs.
1790s
1791 – Prague, Bohemia – The firstThis is a chronological list of international or colonial world fairs.
1790s
1791 – Prague, Bohemia – The first industrial exhibition on the
occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, considerable sophistication of
manufacturing methods. 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
[edit]
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
[edit]
1819 – Paris,
France – Fifth Exposition (1819)[4]
1820s
[edit]
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
[edit]
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
[edit]
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 Expositionfr[19]
1858 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States –
Philadelphia Technological Exhibition[20]
1858 – Turin,
Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria[14][21]
1860s
[edit]
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
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
1872 – London,
United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
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 – Nizhni Novgorod, Russia – Nizhni 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
1876 – Helsinki, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition
1876 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition
1876 –
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Centennial
Exposition
1876 –
Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
1876 – London,
United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus[42][20]
1877 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African International Exhibition
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
1879 –
Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)
1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International
Agricultural Exhibition
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 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee Industrial Exposition[49]
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][50]
1881 – London,
United Kingdom – International Medical and
Sanitary Exhibition[51]
1881 – Tokyo,
Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition[52]
1881-1882
– Perth, Western Australia – Perth International Exhibition[53]
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[54]
1882 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Fisheries
Exhibition[55]
1882 – Bordeaux, France – Exposition internationale des vins[30]
1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental
Sud-Americana)[56]
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 – Marseilles, 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[57]
1884 – Nice, France – International Exposition of Nice[58]
1884 –
Amsterdam, Netherlands – International
Agricultural Exhibition[citation needed]
1884 – London,
United Kingdom – London International
Universal Exhibition[59]
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[60]
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
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
1885 –
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian National Exhibition
1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition
1885 – Zaragoza, Spain – Aragonese Exposition[
1885 – London,
United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition[62]
1886 – London,
United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
1886 –
Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science
and Art[
1886 – Liverpool, United Kingdom – International Exhibition
of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)[61][63]
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[61]
1887 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition
1887 – Rome,
Italy – Esposizione mondiale (1887)[citation needed]
1887 – Madrid,
Spain – Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas
1887–1888 –
Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
1888 –
Glasgow, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1888)
1888 –
Brussels, Belgium – Grand Concours
International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
1888 – Barcelona, Spain – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
1888 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati Centennial
Exposition (1888)
1888 – Lisbon, Portugal – Exposição Industrial
Portugueza (1888)[67]
1888 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og
Kunstudstilling)[61]
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)
1890s
1890 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition
1890 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Agricultural and Forestry
Exposition[
1890 – Bremen, 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 – Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile
Industrial Exhibition
1891 – Moscow, Russia – Exposition française[citation needed]
1891 – Frankfurt, Germany – International Electrotechnical Exhibition[69]
1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition
(1891)
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)[61]
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)
1892 – London,
United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electrical
Exhibition
1892 – Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope – South African and International Exhibition
1892–1893 –
Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition
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
1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
1894 –
Santiago, Chile – International Mining and
Metallurgical Exposition
1894 – Lyons,
France – Exposition internationale et coloniale
1894 – Manchester, United Kingdom – British and Colonial Exhibition
1894 – Porto,
Portugal – Exposição
Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
1894 – Fremantle, Western Australia – Fremantle Industrial Exhibition
1895 –
Adelaide, South Australia – Exhibition of Art and Industry
1895 – Hobart,
Tasmania – Tasmanian International
Exhibition (1895)
1895 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Industrial
Exhibition (1895)[citation needed]
1895 –
Bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Expositionfr
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)
1895 – Montevideo, Uruguay - National Agricultural Exhibition
1896 – Rouen, France – National and Colonial Exposition[citation needed]
1896 – Kiel, Germany – International Shipping
and Fishery Exposition[
1896 –
Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Hungarian Millenary Exhibition[
1896 –
Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition
1896 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Pan Russian Exhibition[
1896 – Malmö, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and
Handicraft Exhibition[
1896 – Berlin,
Germany – Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – International Exposition (1896) (never held)
1896 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Cardiff Fine Arts,
Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition
1896 – Geneva,
Switzerland – Exposition National Suisse
1897 –
Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
1897 – Arcachon, France – Arcachon International Exposition[73]
1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana
1897 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial Victorian Exhibition
1897 –
Brisbane, Queensland – Queensland International
Exhibition
1897 –
Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897)[citation needed]
1897 – Nashville,
Tennessee, United States
– Tennessee Centennial and International
Exposition
1897 –
Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of
Stockholm[71]
1897 – Kiev, Russian Empire – Agricultural Exhibition[
1898 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – National Exhibition
1898 – Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire – Universal Scientific and
Philanthropic Exposition (1898)[
1898 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Industrial and
Mining Exhibition[
1898 –
Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial
Exhibition (1898)[citation needed]
1898 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Trans-Mississippi Exposition
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)
1898 – Turin,
Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana
1898 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung
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
1899 – Como, Italy – Como Electrical Exhibition[citation needed]
1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Greater America Exposition
1899 –
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – National Export Exposition[75]
1899 – London,
United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition[77]
1900s
[edit]
1900 – Paris,
France – Exposition Universelle (1900)[71] – 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
1901 –
Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
1901 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Bosnische
Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
1901 – Charleston, South Carolina, 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, 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, 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)
1903 – Melbourne,
Australia – Australian Federal
International Exhibition
1903 – Osaka, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
1904 – St. Louis, Missouri, United States – Louisiana Purchase Exposition[71] (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
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, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
1906 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition
1906 – Marseille, France – Exposition coloniale (1906)
1906 – Bucharest, Romania – Romanian General Exposition
1906 – Tourcoing, France – International Exposition
of Textile Industries
1906–1907
– Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)
1907 –
Bordeaux, France – International Maritime Expositionfr
1907 – Tokyo,
Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition
1907 – Bergen,
Norway – Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition
1907 – Dublin,
United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition[71]
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)[
1908 – Marseille, 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, Brazil – Exhibition of the
centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil
1908 – Marseille, France – Exposition International
de l'Electricite
1909 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition
1909 – Nancy, France – Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la
France[
1909 – Seattle, 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, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition
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)[
1910 – Nanking, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition
1910 –
Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910
1910 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario[
1910 – Nagoya, 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[87][88][89][90][91]
1910 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Internationale
Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
1911 – Charleroi, Belgium – Charleroi Exposition
1911 – Havana, Cuba – Cuban National Exposition[
1911 – Roubaix, France – International Exposition
of Northern France
1911 – Dresden, 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
1911 – Omsk, 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, 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, Germany – International Building
Trades Exposition
1913 –
Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland
Exhibition
1913 – Ghent, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale
(1913)
1913 –
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw
1813–1913
1913 – Kiev,
Russian Empire – All Russian Exhibition
1913 – Knoxville,
Tennessee, United States
– National Conservation Exposition
1914 – London,
United Kingdom – Anglo-American Exhibition
1914 – Malmö, Sweden – Baltic Exhibition
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)
1914 – Baltimore, United States – National Star-Spangled
Banner Centennial Celebration
1914 – Genoa,
Italy – International exhibition of marine and
maritime hygiene
1915 – Casablanca, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915
1915 – San
Francisco, California, United States – Panama–Pacific International Exposition Palace of
Fine Arts
1915 – Panama City, Panama – Exposición Nacional de
Panama (1915)[95]
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, United States – California Liberty Fair (1918)
1920s
1920 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Peace Exhibition
1920 – Shanghai, China – American-Chinese Exposition
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)
1922 – Tokyo, Japan – Peace
Exhibition (1922)
1922 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries
1922–1923 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exposição
do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
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)
1923–1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British
and Intercolonial Exhibition
1924 – Wembley, London, United Kingdom – British Empire Exhibition
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[71]
1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition[71]
1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition[71]
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)[71]
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,[71] – 1929
Barcelona International Exposition
1930s
[edit]
1930 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian
Exhibition
1930 – Antwerp, Belgium[71] –
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, 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[95][109]
1934 – Tel Aviv, 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, Palestine – Levant Fair[113]
1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition[95]
1936 – Dallas, Texas, United States
– Texas Centennial Exposition[95]
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[95][109]
1937 – Berlin, Germany – International Hunting Exposition
1937 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Reichsausstellung
Schaffendes Volk[95]
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)[95][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)
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
1949 – Lyon, France[112] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince
industrial exhibition on the
occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, 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
[edit]
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
[edit]
1819 – Paris,
France – Fifth Exposition (1819)[4]
1820s
[edit]
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
[edit]
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
[edit]
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 Expositionfr[19]
1858 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States –
Philadelphia Technological Exhibition[20]
1858 – Turin,
Piedmont-Sardinia – Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria[14][21]
1860s
[edit]
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
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
1872 – London,
United Kingdom – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
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 – Nizhni Novgorod, Russia – Nizhni 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
1876 – Helsinki, Finland – Finnish General Exhibition
1876 – Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Industrial Exhibition
1876 –
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Centennial
Exposition
1876 –
Brisbane, Queensland – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
1876 – London,
United Kingdom – London Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus[42][20]
1877 – Cape Town, Cape Colony – South African International Exhibition
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
1879 –
Melbourne, Victoria – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)
1879 – Kilburn, United Kingdom – International
Agricultural Exhibition
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 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee Industrial Exposition[49]
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][50]
1881 – London,
United Kingdom – International Medical and
Sanitary Exhibition[51]
1881 – Tokyo,
Japan – Second National Industrial Exhibition[52]
1881-1882
– Perth, Western Australia – Perth International Exhibition[53]
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[54]
1882 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Fisheries
Exhibition[55]
1882 – Bordeaux, France – Exposition internationale des vins[30]
1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental
Sud-Americana)[56]
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 – Marseilles, 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[57]
1884 – Nice, France – International Exposition of Nice[58]
1884 –
Amsterdam, Netherlands – International
Agricultural Exhibition[citation needed]
1884 – London,
United Kingdom – London International
Universal Exhibition[59]
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[60]
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
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
1885 –
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian National Exhibition
1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition
1885 – Zaragoza, Spain – Aragonese Exposition[
1885 – London,
United Kingdom – International Inventions Exhibition[62]
1886 – London,
United Kingdom – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
1886 –
Edinburgh, United Kingdom – International Exhibition of Industry, Science
and Art[
1886 – Liverpool, United Kingdom – International Exhibition
of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)[61][63]
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[61]
1887 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition
1887 – Rome,
Italy – Esposizione mondiale (1887)[citation needed]
1887 – Madrid,
Spain – Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas
1887–1888 –
Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
1888 –
Glasgow, United Kingdom – International Exhibition (1888)
1888 –
Brussels, Belgium – Grand Concours
International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
1888 – Barcelona, Spain – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
1888 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Cincinnati Centennial
Exposition (1888)
1888 – Lisbon, Portugal – Exposição Industrial
Portugueza (1888)[67]
1888 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og
Kunstudstilling)[61]
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)
1890s
1890 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – Agricultural Exhibition
1890 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Agricultural and Forestry
Exposition[
1890 – Bremen, 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 – Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile
Industrial Exhibition
1891 – Moscow, Russia – Exposition française[citation needed]
1891 – Frankfurt, Germany – International Electrotechnical Exhibition[69]
1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition
(1891)
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)[61]
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)
1892 – London,
United Kingdom – Crystal Palace Electrical
Exhibition
1892 – Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope – South African and International Exhibition
1892–1893 –
Madrid, Spain – Historical American Exposition
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
1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
1894 –
Santiago, Chile – International Mining and
Metallurgical Exposition
1894 – Lyons,
France – Exposition internationale et coloniale
1894 – Manchester, United Kingdom – British and Colonial Exhibition
1894 – Porto,
Portugal – Exposição
Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
1894 – Fremantle, Western Australia – Fremantle Industrial Exhibition
1895 –
Adelaide, South Australia – Exhibition of Art and Industry
1895 – Hobart,
Tasmania – Tasmanian International
Exhibition (1895)
1895 – Ballarat, Victoria – Australian Industrial
Exhibition (1895)[citation needed]
1895 –
Bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Expositionfr
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)
1895 – Montevideo, Uruguay - National Agricultural Exhibition
1896 – Rouen, France – National and Colonial Exposition[citation needed]
1896 – Kiel, Germany – International Shipping
and Fishery Exposition[
1896 –
Budapest, Austria-Hungary – Hungarian Millenary Exhibition[
1896 –
Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Industrial Exhibition
1896 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Pan Russian Exhibition[
1896 – Malmö, Sweden – Nordic Industrial and
Handicraft Exhibition[
1896 – Berlin,
Germany – Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – International Exposition (1896) (never held)
1896 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Cardiff Fine Arts,
Industrial, and Maritime Exhibition
1896 – Geneva,
Switzerland – Exposition National Suisse
1897 –
Brussels, Belgium – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
1897 – Arcachon, France – Arcachon International Exposition[73]
1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centroamericana
1897 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial Victorian Exhibition
1897 –
Brisbane, Queensland – Queensland International
Exhibition
1897 –
Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897)[citation needed]
1897 – Nashville,
Tennessee, United States
– Tennessee Centennial and International
Exposition
1897 –
Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of
Stockholm[71]
1897 – Kiev, Russian Empire – Agricultural Exhibition[
1898 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – National Exhibition
1898 – Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire – Universal Scientific and
Philanthropic Exposition (1898)[
1898 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Industrial and
Mining Exhibition[
1898 –
Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial
Exhibition (1898)[citation needed]
1898 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Trans-Mississippi Exposition
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)
1898 – Turin,
Italy – Esposizione Generale Italiana
1898 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Jubiläums-Ausstellung
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
1899 – Como, Italy – Como Electrical Exhibition[citation needed]
1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States – Greater America Exposition
1899 –
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – National Export Exposition[75]
1899 – London,
United Kingdom – Greater Britain Exhibition[77]
1900s
[edit]
1900 – Paris,
France – Exposition Universelle (1900)[71] – 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
1901 –
Glasgow, United Kingdom – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
1901 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Bosnische
Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
1901 – Charleston, South Carolina, 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, 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, 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)
1903 – Melbourne,
Australia – Australian Federal
International Exhibition
1903 – Osaka, Japan – Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
1904 – St. Louis, Missouri, United States – Louisiana Purchase Exposition[71] (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
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, Italy – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
1906 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial Austrian Exhibition
1906 – Marseille, France – Exposition coloniale (1906)
1906 – Bucharest, Romania – Romanian General Exposition
1906 – Tourcoing, France – International Exposition
of Textile Industries
1906–1907
– Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)
1907 –
Bordeaux, France – International Maritime Expositionfr
1907 – Tokyo,
Japan – Tokyo Industrial Exhibition
1907 – Bergen,
Norway – Nordic Marine Motor Exhibition
1907 – Dublin,
United Kingdom – Irish International Exhibition[71]
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)[
1908 – Marseille, 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, Brazil – Exhibition of the
centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil
1908 – Marseille, France – Exposition International
de l'Electricite
1909 – London,
United Kingdom – Imperial International Exhibition
1909 – Nancy, France – Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la
France[
1909 – Seattle, 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, Ecuador – National Ecuadorian Exposition
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)[
1910 – Nanking, China – Nanyang Industrial Exposition
1910 –
Brussels, Belgium – Brussels International 1910
1910 – Buenos
Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional del Centenario[
1910 – Nagoya, 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[87][88][89][90][91]
1910 – Vienna,
Austria-Hungary – Internationale
Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
1911 – Charleroi, Belgium – Charleroi Exposition
1911 – Havana, Cuba – Cuban National Exposition[
1911 – Roubaix, France – International Exposition
of Northern France
1911 – Dresden, 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
1911 – Omsk, 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, 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, Germany – International Building
Trades Exposition
1913 –
Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland
Exhibition
1913 – Ghent, Belgium – Exposition universelle et internationale
(1913)
1913 –
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw
1813–1913
1913 – Kiev,
Russian Empire – All Russian Exhibition
1913 – Knoxville,
Tennessee, United States
– National Conservation Exposition
1914 – London,
United Kingdom – Anglo-American Exhibition
1914 – Malmö, Sweden – Baltic Exhibition
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)
1914 – Baltimore, United States – National Star-Spangled
Banner Centennial Celebration
1914 – Genoa,
Italy – International exhibition of marine and
maritime hygiene
1915 – Casablanca, Morocco – Casablanca Fair of 1915
1915 – San
Francisco, California, United States – Panama–Pacific International Exposition Palace of
Fine Arts
1915 – Panama City, Panama – Exposición Nacional de
Panama (1915)[95]
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, United States – California Liberty Fair (1918)
1920s
1920 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian Peace Exhibition
1920 – Shanghai, China – American-Chinese Exposition
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)
1922 – Tokyo, Japan – Peace
Exhibition (1922)
1922 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Exhibition of New Zealand Industries
1922–1923 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Exposição
do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
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)
1923–1924 – Hokitika, New Zealand – British
and Intercolonial Exhibition
1924 – Wembley, London, United Kingdom – British Empire Exhibition
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[71]
1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition[71]
1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition[71]
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)[71]
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,[71] – 1929
Barcelona International Exposition
1930s
[edit]
1930 – Adelaide, Australia – All-Australian
Exhibition
1930 – Antwerp, Belgium[71] –
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, 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[95][109]
1934 – Tel Aviv, 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, Palestine – Levant Fair[113]
1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition[95]
1936 – Dallas, Texas, United States
– Texas Centennial Exposition[95]
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[95][109]
1937 – Berlin, Germany – International Hunting Exposition
1937 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Reichsausstellung
Schaffendes Volk[95]
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)[95][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)
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
1949 – Lyon, France[112] – International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
1949–1950 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince