The designation "World Exposition" or "Expo" refers to a class of the largest, general scope exhibitions of 3 to 6 months' duration.
List of world expositions
Retrospectively recognized expositions
LONDON 1851 ~PARIS 1855 ~LONDON 1862 ~PARIS 1867 ~VIENNA 1873 ~PHILADELPHIA 1876 ~PARIS 1878 ~MELBOURNE 1880 ~BARCELONA 1888 ~PARIS 1889 ~CHICAGO 1893 ~BRUSSELS 1897 ~PARIS 1900 ~ST. LOUIS 1904 ~LIÈGE 1905 ~MILAN 1906 ~BRUSSELS 1910 ~TURIN 1911 ~GHENT 1913 ~SAN FRANCISCO 1915 ~BARCELONA AND SEVILLE 1929 ~CHICAGO 1933
BIE recognized Universal expositions
BRUSSELS 1935 ~PARIS 1937 ~NEW YORK 1939-40 ~PORT-AU-PRINCE 1949 ~BRUSSELS 1958 ~SEATTLE 1962 ~MONTREAL 1967 ~OSAKA 1970 ~SEVILLE 1992 ~HANNOVER 2000 ~SHANGHAI 2010 ~MILAN 2015 ~DUBAI 2020 ~EXPO 2025
BIE recognized specialized expositions
STOCKHOLM 1936 ~HELSINKI 1938 ~LIÈGE 1939 ~PARÍS 1947 ~STOCKHOLM 1949 ~LYON 1949 ~LILLE 1951 ~JERUSALEM 1953 ~ROME 1953 ~NAPLES 1954 ~TURÍN 1955 ~HELSINGBORG 1955 ~BEIT DAGAN 1956 ~BERLÍN 1957 ~TURÍN 1961 ~MUNICH 1965 ~SAN ANTONIO 1968 ~BUDAPEST 1971 ~SPOKANE 1974 ~OKINAWA 1975 ~PLOVDIV 1981 ~KNOXVILLE 1982 ~NEW ORLEANS 1984 ~PLOVDIV 1985 ~TSUKUBA 1985 ~VANCOUVER 1986 ~BRISBANE 1988 ~PLOVDIV 1991 ~GENOA 1992 ~ DAEJEON 1993 ~LISBON 1998 ~AICHI 2005 ~ZARAGOZA 2008 ~YEOSU 2012 ~ASTANA 2017
BIE recognized horticultural exhibitions (AIPH)
FLORIADE 1960 ~HAMBURG 1963 ~VIENNA 1964 ~PARIS 1969 ~AMSTERDAM 1972 ~HAMBURG 1973 ~VIENNA 1974 ~MONTREAL 1980 ~AMSTERDAM 1982 ~MUNICH 1983 ~LIVERPOOL 1984 ~OSAKA 1990 ~ZOETERMEER 1992 ~STUTTGART 1993 ~KUNMING 1999 ~HAARLEMMERMEER 2002 ~ROSTOCK 2003 ~CHIANG MAI 2006/7 ~VENLO 2012 ~ANTALYA 2016 ~BEIJING 2019 ~ALMERE 2022
Cancelled exhibitions
ROME 1942 ~CHICAGO 1992 ~VIENNA & BUDAPEST 1995 ~METRO MANILA 2002 ~SEINE SAINT DENIS 2004
Not BIE recognized
Asia
NANYANG 1910 ~HANGZHOU 1929 ~NAGOYA 1937 ~SHENYANG 2006
Oceania
MELBOURNE 1866 ~SYDNEY 1870 ~MELBOURNE 1875 ~BRISBANE 1876 ~SYDNEY 1879 ~DUNEDIN 1889 ~CHRISTCHURCH 1906 ~AUCKLAND 1913–14 ~DUNEDIN 1925~ WELLINGTON 1939–40
Europe
LONDON 1756 ~DUBLIN 1853 ~MANCHESTER 1857 ~PORTO 1865 ~LONDON 1871–74 ~LYON 1872 ~VIENNA 1873 ~AMSTERDAM 1883 ~LIVERPOOL 1886 ~LONDON 1886 ~COPENHAGEN 1888 ~GLASGOW 1888 ~FRANKFURT 1891~ PRAGUE 1891 ~LYON 1894 ~OPORTO 1894 ~BERLIN 1896 ~GLASGOW 1901 ~CORK 1902 ~HANOI 1902 ~LONDON 1905 ~LONDON 1906 ~MARSEILLE 1906 ~DUBLIN 1907 ~LONDON 1908 ~ZARAGOZA 1908 ~LONDON 1910 ~DRESDEN 1911 ~LONDON 1911 ~LONDON 1912 ~LYON 1914 ~COLOGNE 1914 ~LONDON 1914 ~KRISTIANIA 1914 ~MALMÖ 1914 ~SEMARANG 1914 ~LONDON 1921 ~MARSEILLE 1922 ~BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION (1924–25) ~ANTWERP 1930 ~STOCKHOLM 1930 ~PARIS 1931 ~PORTO 1934 ~GLASGOW 1938
North America
NEW YORK CITY 1826–1897 ~BRYANT PARK, NEW YORK CITY 1853 ~ATLANTA 1881 ~LOUISVILLE 1883–87 ~NEW ORLEANS 1884 ~ATLANTA 1887 ~SAN FRANCISCO 1894 ~ATLANTA 1895 ~NASHVILLE 1897 ~OMAHA 1898 ~BUFFALO 1901 ~CHARLESTON 1901–02 ~PORTLAND, OREGON 1905 ~JAMESTOWN 1907 ~SEATTLE 1909 ~KNOXVILLE 1913 ~SAN DIEGO 1915–17 ~BRONX 1918 ~PHILADELPHIA 1926 ~SAN DIEGO 1935–36 ~DALLAS 1936 ~CLEVELAND 1936–37 ~DALLAS 1937 ~SAN FRANCISCO 1939–40 ~NEW YORK CITY 1964–65
South America
BUENOS AIRES 1910 ~RIO DE JANEIRO 1922
List of world's fairs
This is a list of world's fairs, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built).
1790s
• 1791 - Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy - 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.
• 1798 - Paris, France - L'EXPOSITION PUBLIQUE DES PRODUITS DE L'INDUSTRIE FRANÇAISE, PARIS, 1798. This was the first public industrial exposition in France although earlier in 1798 the Marquis d'Avèze had held a private exposition of handicrafts and manufactured goods at the Maison d'Orsay in the Rue de Varenne and it was this that suggested the idea of a public exposition to François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.
1800s
• 1801 - Paris, France - SECOND EXPOSITION (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
• 1802 - Paris, France - THIRD EXPOSITION (1802)
• 1806 - Paris, France - FOURTH EXPOSITION (1806)
1810s
• 1819 - Paris, France - FIFTH EXPOSITION (1819)
1820s
• 1823 - Paris, France - SIXTH EXPOSITION (1823)
• 1827 - Paris, France - SEVENTH EXPOSITION (1827)
• 1829 - New York City, 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.
1830s
• 1832 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - SECONDA TRIENNALE PUBBLICA ESPOSIZIONE DELL’ANNO 1832
• 1833 - Calcutta, India - CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1834 - Paris, France - EIGHTH EXPOSITION (1834)
• 1838 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - PUBBLICA ESPOSIZIONE DELL'ANNO 1838
• 1839 - Paris, France - NINTH EXPOSITION (1839)
1840s
• 1844 - Paris, France - FRENCH INDUSTRIAL (TENTH) EXPOSITION OF 1844
• 1844 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - QUARTA ESPOSIZIONE D'INDUSTRIA ET DI BELLE ARTI
• 1846 - Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia - ESPOSIZIONE DEI PRODOTTI E DELLE MANUFATTURE NAZIONALI
• 1849 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND MANUFACTURERS
• 1849 - United Kingdom - FIRST EXHIBITION OF BRITISH MANUFACTURERS (1849)
• 1849 - Paris, France - ELEVENTH EXPOSITION (1849)
1850s
• 1850 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - QUINTA ESPOSIZIONE DI INDUSTRIA E DI BELLE ARTI
• 1851 - London, United Kingdom - THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS - THE CRYSTAL PALACE (typically listed as the "first world's fair")
• 1852 - Cork, United Kingdom - IRISH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
• 1853 - Naples, Two Sicilies - SOLENNE PUBBLICA ESPOSIZIONE DI ARTI E MANIFATTURE
• 1853-1854 - New York, United States - EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS
• 1853 - Dublin, United Kingdom - GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1853)
• 1854 - Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia - ESPOSIZIONE INDUSTRIALE
• 1854 - Munich, Bavaria - ALLGEMEINE DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE-AUSSTELLUNG
• 1854 - Melbourne, Victoria - MELBOURNE EXHIBITION (IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1855))
• 1855 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1855)
• 1857 - Manchester, United Kingdom - ART TREASURES EXHIBITION AT THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, STRETFORD
• 1858 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - SESTA ESPOSIZIONE NAZIONALE DI PRODOTTI D'INDUSTRIA
1860s
• 1861 - Metz, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1861)
• 1862 - London, United Kingdom - 1862 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1865 - Colony of New Zealand Dunedin - NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION
• 1865 - Dublin, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES
• 1865 - Porto, Portugal - EXPOSIÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DO PORTO
• 1867 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1867)
1870s
• 1870 - Sydney, New South Wales - INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION (1870)
• 1871 - London, United Kingdom - FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1871)
• 1872 - London, United Kingdom - SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1872)
• 1872 - Lima, Peru - LIMA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1872 - Lyon, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE (1872)
• 1872 - Kyoto, Japan - EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES (1872)
• 1873 - London, United Kingdom - THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1873)
• 1873 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - WELTAUSSTELLUNG 1873 WIEN
• 1873 - Sydney, New South Wales - METROPOLITAN INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION (1873)
• 1874 - London, United Kingdom - FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1874)
• 1874 - Dublin, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES (1874)
• 1874 - Rome, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE (1874) ]
• 1875 - Melbourne, Victoria - VICTORIAN INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION
• 1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - NIZHNI NOVGOROD FAIR (1875)
• 1875 - Sydney, New South Wales - INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION (1875)
• 1875 - Santiago, Chile - CHILEAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1876 - Philadelphia, United States - CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
• 1876 - Brisbane, Queensland - INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION (1876)
• 1877 - Cape Town, Cape Colony - SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1877 - Tokyo, Japan - FIRST NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1877) (UENO PARK)
• 1878 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1878)
• 1878 - Ballarat, Victoria - AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1878)
• 1879 - Sydney, New South Wales - SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1879 - Melbourne, Victoria - INTERCOLONIAL JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1879)
1880s
• 1880-1881 - Melbourne, Victoria - MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1880)
• 1881 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - MILWAUKEE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
• 1881 - Paris, France - INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF ELECTRICITY, PARIS
• 1881 - Atlanta, United States - INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION
• 1881 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - ORSZÁGOS NŐIPARI KIÁLLITÁS
• 1882 - Bordeaux, France - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES VINS
• 1882 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - EXPOSICIÓN CONTINENTAL SUD-AMERICANA
• 1883 - Boston, United States - THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION OF THE PRODUCTS, ARTS AND MANUFACTURES OF FOREIGN NATIONS
• 1883 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL AND EXPORT EXHIBITION
• 1883 - Calcutta, India - CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1883 - South Kensington, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION
• 1883 - Parramatta, New South Wales - INTERCOLONIAL JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
• 1883 - Louisville, United States - SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
• 1883 - New York City, United States - WORLD'S FAIR (1883)
• 1884 - New Orleans, United States - WORLD COTTON CENTENNIAL (NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION AND WORLD'S FAIR), (WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION), (NEW ORLEANS CENTENNIAL)
• 1884 - Melbourne, Victoria - VICTORIAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1884 OF WINE, FRUIT, GRAIN & OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL OF AUSTRALASIA WITH MACHINERY, PLANT AND TOOLS EMPLOYED
• 1884 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION
• 1884 - Turin, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA
• 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria - VICTORIANS' JUBILEE EXHIBITION (1885) (JUBILEE OF VICTORIA EXHIBITION)
• 1885 - Antwerp, Belgium - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D'ANVERS (1885)
• 1885 - Wellington, New Zealand - NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
• 1885 - London, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION
• 1886 - London, United Kingdom - COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION (1886)
• 1886 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND ART
• 1886 - Liverpool, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF NAVIGATION, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (1886)
• 1887-1888 - Adelaide, South Australia - ADELAIDE JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1887)
• 1887 - Atlanta - PIEDMONT EXPOSITION
• 1887 - Geelong, Victoria - GEELONG JUBILEE JUVENILE AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1887)
• 1887 - London, United Kingdom - AMERICAN EXHIBITION
• 1887 - Rome, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE MONDIALE (1887)
• 1888-1889 - Melbourne, Victoria - VICTORIAN JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1888)
• 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 - Lisbon, Portugal - EXPOSIÇÃO INDUSTRIAL PORTUGUEZA (1888)
• 1888 - Copenhagen, Denmark - THE NORDIC EXHIBITION OF 1888 (NORDISKE INDUSTRI-LANDBRUGS OG KUNSTUDSTILLING)
• 1889 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE (1889) - EIFFEL TOWER
• 1889 - Dunedin, New Zealand - NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS EXHIBITION (1889)
• 1889 - Buffalo, United States - INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL FAIR (1889)
1890s
• 1890 - Bremen, Germany - NORD-WEST-DEUTSCHE GEWERBE UND INDUSTRIE-AUSSTELLUNG
• 1891 - Moscow, Russia - EXPOSITION FRANÇAISE
• 1891 - Frankfurt, Germany - INTERNATIONAL ELECTRO-TECHNICAL EXHIBITION – 1891
• 1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1891)
• 1891 - Prague, Austria-Hungary - GENERAL LAND CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION (1891) AT THE PRAGUE EXHIBITION GROUNDS
• 1891-1892 - Launceston, Tasmania - TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1891)
• 1892 - Genoa, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE ITALO-AMERICANA (1892)
• 1892 - Washington, DC, United States - EXPOSITION OF THE THREE AMERICAS (1892)
• 1892-1893 - Madrid, Spain - HISTORICAL AMERICAN EXPOSITION
• 1893 - Chicago, United States - WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION - PALACE OF FINE ARTS AND THE WORLD'S CONGRESS AUXILIARY BUILDING
• 1892 - Kimberley, Cape Colony - SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1893 - New York City, United States - WORLD'S FAIR PRIZE WINNERS' EXPOSITION (1893)
• 1894 - San Francisco, United States - CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF 1894
• 1894 - Antwerp, Belgium - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE D'ANVERS (1894)
• 1894 - Lyons, France - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ET COLONIALE
• 1894 - Oporto, Portugal - EXPOSIÇÃO INSULAR E COLONIAL PORTUGUEZA (1894)
• 1895 - Hobart, Tasmania - TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1895)
• 1895 - Ballarat, Victoria - AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1895)
• 1895 - Atlanta, United States - COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION (1895) (ATLANTA EXPOSITION)
• 1896 - Berlin, Germany - GEWERBE-AUSSTELLUNG (1896)
• 1896 - Mexico City, Mexico - INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION (1896)
• 1897 - Brussels, Belgium - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE BRUXELLES (1897)
• 1897 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - EXPOSICIÓN CENTROAMERICANA
• 1897 - Brisbane, Queensland - QUEENSLAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1897 - Chicago, United States - IRISH FAIR (1897)
• 1897 - Nashville, United States - TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
• 1897 - Stockholm, Sweden - GENERAL ART AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION OF STOCKHOLM
• 1898 - Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire - UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC AND PHILANTHROPIC EXPOSITION (1898)
• 1898 - Dunedin, New Zealand - OTAGO JUBILEE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION (1898)
• 1898 - Omaha, United States - TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION
• 1898 - Bergen, Norway - INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXPOSITION (1898)
• 1898 - Munich, Germany - KRAFT- UND ARBEITSMASCHINEN-AUSSTELLUNG (1898)
• 1898 - San Francisco, United States - CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE (1898)
• 1898 - Turin, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA
• 1898 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - JUBILÄUMS-AUSSTELLUNG
• 1899 - Coolgardie, Western Australia - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MINING AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
• 1899 - Omaha, Nebraska, United States - GREATER AMERICA EXPOSITION (1899)
• 1899 - Philadelphia, United States - NATIONAL EXPORT EXPOSITION
• 1899 - London, United Kingdom - GREATER BRITAIN EXHIBITION (1899)
1900s
• 1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900)[27] - Le Grand Palais
• 1900 - Adelaide, South Australia - CENTURY EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES (1900)
• 1901 - Buffalo, United States - PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
• 1901 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1901)
• 1901 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - BOSNISCHE WEIHNACHTS-AUSSTELLUNG (1901)
• 1901 - Charleston, United States - SOUTH CAROLINA INTER-STATE AND WEST INDIAN EXPOSITION
• 1902 - Turin, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE DECORATIVA MODERNA
• 1902 - Hanoi, French Indochina - HANOI EXHIBITION (INDO CHINA EXPOSITION FRANÇAISE ET INTERNATIONALE)
• 1902 - Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - CORK INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1902 - New York City, United States - UNITED STATES, COLONIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION (1902)
• 1902 - Toledo, Ohio, United States - OHIO CENTENNIAL AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY EXPOSITION (1902)
• 1903 - Osaka, Japan - NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION (1903)
• 1904 - St. Louis, United States - LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION (ALSO CALLED LOUISIANA PURCHASE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND OLYMPIC GAMES ): 1904 SUMMER OLYMPICS
• 1905 - Portland, United States - LEWIS & 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 - Milan, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL SEMPIONE
• 1906 - London, United Kingdom - IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN EXHIBITION
• 1906 - Marseille, France - EXPOSITION COLONIALE (1906)
• 1906-1907 - Christchurch, New Zealand - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1906)
• 1907 - Dublin, United Kingdom - IRISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
• 1907 - Hampton Roads, United States - JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
• 1907 - Chicago, United States - WORLD'S PURE FOOD EXPOSITION (1907)
• 1907 - Mannheim, Germany - INTERNATIONALE KUNST-AUSSTELLUNG (1907)
• 1908 - Zaragoza, Spain - HISPANO-FRENCH EXPOSITION OF 1908
• 1908 - London, United Kingdom - FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION (1908)
• 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, United States - ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
• 1909 - New York City, United States - HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION
• 1909 - San Francisco, United States - PORTOLÁ FESTIVAL (1909)
• 1909 - Quito, Ecuador - EXPOSICIÓN NACIONAL
1910s
• 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)
• 1910 - London, United Kingdom - JAPAN–BRITISH EXHIBITION
• 1910 - San Francisco, United States - ADMISSION DAY FESTIVAL (1910)
• 1910 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - INTERNATIONALE JAGD-AUSSTELLUNG (1910)
• 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 - Turin, Italy - TURIN INTERNATIONAL
• 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 - Auckland, New Zealand - AUCKLAND EXHIBITION
• 1913 - Ghent, Belgium - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE (1913)
• 1913 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - TENTOONSTELLING DE VROUW 1813-1913
• 1913 - Knoxville, United States - NATIONAL CONSERVATION EXPOSITION
• 1914 - London - ANGLO-AMERICAN EXHIBITION
• 1914 - Malmö, Sweden - BALTIC EXHIBITION
• 1914 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF SEA FISHERY INDUSTRIES (1914)
• 1914 - Lyon, France - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE URBAINE DE LYON
• 1914 - Cologne, Germany - WERKBUND EXHIBITION (1914)
• 1914 - Bristol, United Kingdom - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1914)
• 1914 - Nottingham, United Kingdom - UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION (1914) (WORK BEGUN ON SITE 1913 BUT NEVER HELD)
• 1914 - Semarang, Dutch East Indies - COLONIAL EXHIBITION OF SEMARANG (COLONIAL EXPOSITION)
• 1914 - Kristiania, 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 (ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DI MARINA E IGIENE MARINARA)
• 1915 - San Francisco, United States - PANAMA–PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION PALACE OF FINE ARTS
• 1915 - Panama City, Panama - EXPOSICIÓN NACIONAL DE PANAMA (1915)
• 1915 - Richmond, United States - NEGRO HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION (1915)
• 1915 - Chicago, United States - LINCOLN JUBILEE AND EXPOSITION (1915)
• 1915-1916 - San Diego, United States - PANAMA–CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION
• 1917 - San Francisco, United States - ALLIED WAR EXPOSITION (1917)
• 1918 - New York City, United States - BRONX INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF SCIENCE, ARTS AND INDUSTRIES
• 1918 - Chicago, United States - ALLIED WAR EXPOSITION (1918)
• 1918 - Los Angeles, United States - CALIFORNIA LIBERTY FAIR (1918)
1920s
• 1920 - Shanghai, Republic of China - AMERICAN-CHINESE EXPOSITION
• 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)
• 1922-1923 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - EXPOSIÇÃO DO CENTENARIO DO BRASIL (1922)
• 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 - Gothenburg, Sweden - GOTHENBURG EXHIBITION (1923) (JUBILEUMSUTSTÄLLNINGENS I GÖTEBORG) (LISEBERG)
• 1924 - Wembley, London, United Kingdom - BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
• 1924 - New York City, United States - FRENCH EXPOSITION (1924)
• 1925 - Lyon, France - FOIRE (1925)
• 1925 - San Francisco, United States - CALIFORNIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE (1925)
• 1925 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES
• 1925-1926 - Dunedin, New Zealand - NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1925)
• 1926 - Philadelphia, United States - SESQUICENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
• 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)
• 1929 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - NORTH EAST COAST EXHIBITION
• 1929 - Hangzhou, Republic of China - WESTLAKE EXPOSITION
• 1929-1930 - Barcelona, Spain, and Seville, Spain - 1929 BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND IBERO-AMERICAN EXPOSITION OF 1929 (EXPO '29, EXPOSICIÓN IBERO-AMERICANA OR SPAIN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION)
1930s
• 1930 - Antwerp, Belgium - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE COLONIALE, MARITIME ET D'ART FLAMAND
• 1930 - Liège, Belgium - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LA GRANDE INDUSTRIE, SCIENCES ET APPLICATIONS, ART WALLON ANCIEN
• 1930 - Stockholm, Sweden - STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (1930) (UTSTÄLLNINGEN AV KONSTINDUSTRI, KONSTHANDVERK OCH HEMSLÖJD)
• 1930 - Trondheim, Norway - TRØNDELAG EXHIBITION
• 1931 - Paris, France - PARIS COLONIAL EXPOSITION
• 1931 - Yorktown, United States - YORKTOWN SESQUICENTENNIAL
• 1932 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - LEVANT FAIR
• 1933-1934 - Chicago, United States - CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
• 1934 - Porto, Portugal - EXPOSIÇÃO COLONIAL PORTUGUESA (1934)
• 1934 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - LEVANT FAIR
• 1935 - Moscow, USSR - ALL-UNION AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION (VSKHV)
• 1935 - Brussels, Belgium - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET INTERNATIONALE (1935)
• 1935 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - FARROUPILHA REVOLUTION CENTENNIAL FAIR
• 1935-1936 - San Diego, United States - CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
• 1936 - Stockholm, Sweden - ILIS 1936
• 1936 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - LEVANT FAIR
• 1936 - Cleveland, United States - GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION
• 1936 - Dallas, United States - TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
• 1936-1937 - Johannesburg, Union of South Africa - EMPIRE EXHIBITION, SOUTH AFRICA
• 1937 - Cleveland, United States - GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION
• 1937 - Dallas, United States - GREATER TEXAS & PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
• 1937 - Düsseldorf, Germany - REICHSAUSSTELLUNG SCHAFFENDES VOLK
• 1937 - Miami, United States - PAN AMERICAN FAIR (1937)
• 1937 - Paris, France - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DANS LA VIE MODERNE (1937)
• 1937 - Nagoya, Japan - NAGOYA PAN-PACIFIC PEACE EXPOSITION
• 1938 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - EMPIRE EXHIBITION, SCOTLAND 1938
• 1938 - Helsinki, Finland - SECOND INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTIC EXHIBITION
• 1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
• 1939 - Liège, Belgium - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE L'EAU (1939)
• 1939 - Zürich, Switzerland - SCHWEIZERISCHE LANDESAUSSTELLUNG
• 1939-1940 - New York City, United States - 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR (EXHIBITS INCLUDED THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, FUTURAMA, TRYLON AND PERISPHERE)
• 1939-1940 - San Francisco, United States - GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
1940s
• 1940 - Lisbon, Portugal - EXPOSIÇÃO DO MUNDO PORTUGUÊS (1940)
• 1940 - Los Angeles, United States - PACIFIC MERCADO (1940)
• 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)
• 1942 - Los Angeles, United States - CABRILLO FAIR (1942)
• 1942 - Rome, Italy - ESPOSIZIONE UNIVERSALE (1942)
• 1947 - Paris, France - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON URBANISM AND HOUSING
• 1948 - Brussels, Belgium - FOIRE COLONIALE (1948)
• 1949 - Stockholm, Sweden - UNIVERSAL SPORT EXHIBITION
• 1949 - Lyon, France - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON URBANISM AND HOUSING
• 1949-1950 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DU BICENTENAIRE DE PORT-AU-PRINCE
1950s
• 1951 - Lille, France - THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE EXHIBITION
• 1951 - London, United Kingdom - FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN - SKYLON
• 1953 - St Louis, United States - intended to commemorate THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE'S sesquicentennial, but never held
• 1953 - Jerusalem, Israel - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND FAIR JERUSALEM ISRAEL CONQUEST OF THE DESERT
• 1953 - Rome, Italy - AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION OF ROME EA 53 ROME
• 1954 - Naples, Italy - OLTREMARE EXHIBITION – CAMPI FLEGREI
• 1955 - Turin, Italy - INTERNATIONAL EXPO OF SPORT TURIN 1955
• 1955 - Helsingborg, Sweden - HELSINGBORG EXHIBITION 1955
• 1955 - Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic - FERIA DE LA PAZ Y CONFRATERNIDAD DEL MUNDO LIBRE
• 1956 - Beit Dagan, Israel - EXHIBITION OF CITRICULTURE
• 1957 - Berlin, Germany - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 1958 - Brussels, Belgium - EXPO '58 (EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET VENTI INTERNATIONALE DE BRUXELLES) - ATOMIUM
• 1959 - Moscow, USSR - VDNKh
1960s
• 1960 - Caracas, Venezuela - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 1961 - Turin, Italy - EXPOSITION INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL - EXPO 61
• 1962 - Seattle, United States - CENTURY 21 EXPOSITION - SPACE NEEDLE
• 1964-1965 - New York City, United States - 1964/1965 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) - UNISPHERE
• 1967 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - EXPO 67, (UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1967)
• 1968 - San Antonio, United States - HEMISFAIR '68 - TOWER OF THE AMERICAS
1970s
• 1970 - Osaka, Japan - EXPO '70 (JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION)
• 1974 - Spokane, United States - EXPO '74 (INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION ON THE ENVIRONMENT) - RIVERFRONT PARK
• 1975 - Okinawa, Japan - EXPO '75 (INTERNATIONAL OCEAN EXPOSITION)
1980s
• 1981 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - EXPO 81
• 1982 - Knoxville, United States - 1982 WORLD'S FAIR (INTERNATIONAL ENERGY EXPOSITION) - SUNSPHERE
• 1984 - New Orleans, United States - 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION [A.K.A., 1984 WORLD'S FAIR] (Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life")
• 1985 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - EXPO 85
• 1985 - Tsukuba, Japan - EXPO '85
• 1986 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - EXPO '86 (1986 WORLD EXPOSITION)
• 1988 - Brisbane, Australia - EXPO '88 (WORLD EXPO '88) - SKYNEEDLE
1990s
• 1991 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - SECOND WORLD EXHIBITION OF INVENTIONS OF THE YOUNG
• 1992 - Seville, Spain - SEVILLE EXPO '92
• 1992 - Genoa, Italy - GENOA EXPO '92
• 1992 - Chicago, U.S. - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 1993 - Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea - EXPO '93
• 1995 - Vienna, Austria - which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held.
• 1996 - Budapest, Hungary - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 1998 - Lisbon, Portugal - EXPO '98
• 1999 - Kunming, People's Republic of China - WORLD HORTICULTURAL EXPOSITION
2000s
• 2000 - Hanover, Germany - EXPO 2000
• 2000 - Greenwich, London, United Kingdom - MILLENNIUM DOME
• 2002 - Metro Manila, Philippines - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 2002 - Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 2002 - Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland - EXPO.02
• 2004 - Seine-Saint-Denis, France - INTERNATIONAL EXPO
• 2004 - Barcelona, Spain - UNIVERSAL FORUM OF WORLD CULTURES
• 2005 - Aichi, Japan - EXPO 2005
• 2008 - Zaragoza, Spain - EXPO 2008
2010s
• 2010 - Shanghai, China - EXPO 2010
• 2012 - Yeosu, South Korea - EXPO 2012
• 2015 - Milan, Italy - EXPO 2015
• 2016 - Antalya, Turkey - EXPO 2016
• 2017 - Astana, Kazakhstan - EXPO 2017
2020s
• 2020 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates — EXPO 2020
Future bids and proposals
• 2022/2023 - Buenos Aires / Łódź bid / Copenhagen bid / Canary Islands bid / Newcastle bid / Minnesota bid
• 2025: Houston / London / Paris / Rotterdam / San Francisco / Toronto / New York State
