List of World's Fairs From 1790 to 1950

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

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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

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

1820s

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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

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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

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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

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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 – FreetownSierra 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 TownCape 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 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)

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

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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 Exposition [fr]

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 – RigaLatvia – 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

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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 AvivPalestine – 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 TomorrowFuturamaTrylon 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

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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

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

1820s

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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

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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

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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

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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 – FreetownSierra 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 TownCape 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 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)

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

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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 Exposition [fr]

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 – RigaLatvia – 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

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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 AvivPalestine – 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 TomorrowFuturamaTrylon 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

 


 

Barolo Palace Buenos Aires Argentina


Luis Barolo, a progressive and powerful agricultural producer, arrived in Argentina 
in 1890. He was the first to bring machines to spin cotton and 
dedicated himself to the importation of fabrics. He installed the first combed wool 
spinning mills in the country and started the first 
cotton crops in the Chaco. On the centenary of the May Revolution, he met Architect 
Mario Palanti (1885-1979), whom he hired to carry out the project of a building 
that he had in mind. This would become a rental-only property. Luis Barolo thought, 
like all Europeans living in Argentina, that Europe would 
suffer numerous wars that would destroy the entire continent.
Desperate to preserve the ashes of the famous Dante Alighieri, he wanted to build a 
building inspired by the poet's 
work, “the Divine Comedy.” The land chosen to build the palace had an area of ​​1,365 m2 
and a front of 30.88 
meters. With a total of 24 floors (22 floors and 2 basements), 100 meters in height were 
made possible thanks to a special concession granted by Mayor Luis Cantilo in 1921, since 
it exceeded the maximum 
allowed by the avenue by almost four times. The highest point of the dome measures 
90 meters, reaching 100 meters with a large rotating lighthouse of 300,000 
candles that made it visible from Uruguay. Its own power plant supplied it with 
energy. In the 1920s, this would make it what we would call a “smart building”
 today. Since then there have been 2 freight  elevators and 9 elevators, two of which 
are hidden.
Architect Palanti was also a scholar of the Divine Comedy, and filled the Palace with 
references to it. The floor
 plan of the building is built based on the golden section and the golden number. 
The general division of the 
Palace and the Divine Comedy is into three parts: hell, purgatory and heaven. The nine 
access vaults represent the nine steps of initiation and the nine infernal hierarchies; 
The lighthouse represented the nine angelic choirs. 
Above the lighthouse is the constellation of the Southern Cross that can be seen 
aligned with the axis of Barolo in thefirst days of June at 7:45 p.m. The 
height of the building is 100 meters and 100 are the edges of Dante's work;It has 
22 floors, as many as there are stanzas of the verses of the Divine Comedy. 
The careful details characterize this project: 
from the personal
 quotes in Latin about Dante's work in the building, to its opening, carried out on the 
date of the poet's anniversary. Architect Carlos Hilger details the similarities of the 
building 
with Dante's work, “The Divine Comedy.” “The distribution of the building is 
based on the meter of Dante's Divine Comedy. In architecture this is known as a Danteun. 
Building is divided into two blocks, with 11 offices per block on each level. The 
remaining number, 22, responds to the meter used by Dante in the 100 cantos In the 
central passage, the palace has 9 access vaults that represent hell: for Dante, this 
was not a theological goal, but rather the starting point in the initiation stages 
undertaken for the arrival of paradise. The 9 vaults are divided, from the center, 
as follows: three towards Avda. de Mayo, three towards Hipólito Yrigoyen, the central 
vault extends towards the dome, and those that contain the stairs towards the sides. 
bronze in which a statue of a condor was originally located with the body of 
Dante elevating it to paradise. The current owner of the piece is a Mar del Plata 
collector who refuses to sell it to the owners of the building. The upper floors and 
the dome symbolize the
 seven levels of purgatory. The dome is inspired by a Hindu temple dedicated to love, 
and is the emblem of 
the completion of Dante's union with his beloved Beatrice.