List of world expositions
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List of world expositions is an annotated list of every world exposition sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), including those recognised retrospectively.
The designation "World Exposition" or "Expo" refers to a class of the largest, general scope exhibitions of 3 to 6 months' duration.
This list does not include BIE recognized International Horticultural Exhibitions. For other major international exhibitions, in addition to those endorsed by the BIE, see the comprehensive list of world's fairs.
Contents
List by date
Dates | Name of Exposition | Location[1] | Theme[2] or symbol[3] | Notables | Visitors in millions[4] |
Cost in millions (USD unless specified)[4] |
Area (ha)[4] |
Attending countries |
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04/1851 – 10/1851 | The Great Exhibition | London | Industry of all Nations | The Crystal Palace | 6.00 | 1.65 | 10 | 25 |
05/1855 – 11/1855 | Exhibition Universelle / Paris International | Paris | Agriculture, Industry and Art | Palais d'Industrie Bordeaux Wine classification |
5.00 | 2 | 15 | 25 |
05/1862 – 11/1862 | International Exhibition | London | Industry and Arts | 6.00 | 2 | 15 | 39 | |
04/1867 – 11/1867 | Exposition Universelle / Paris International | Paris | Agriculture, Industry and Arts | Champ de Mars | 15.00 | 4.5 | 69 | 42 |
05/1873 – 10/1873 | Weltausstellung 1873 Wien / Austrian International Exposition | Vienna | Culture and Education | Rotunde | 7.25 | 9.5 | 233 | 35 |
05/1876 – 11/1876 | Centennial Exposition | Philadelphia | American Independence | Centennial Arboretum Telephone Heinz Ketchup |
10.00 | 8 | 115 | 35 |
05/1878 – 11/1878 | Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition | Paris | Agriculture, Arts and Industry | Statue of Liberty Telephone Braille |
16.00 | 11 | 75 | 36 |
09/1879 – 04/1880 | Sydney International Exhibition | Sydney | Agriculture, Arts and Industry | The Garden Palace, Steam trams | 1.1 | |||
10/1880 – 04/1881 | Melbourne International Exhibition | Melbourne | Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industry | Royal Exhibition Buildings & Carlton Gardens | 1.30 | 1.6 | 25 | 33 |
04/1888 – 12/1888 | Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) | 23x15px Barcelona | Arts and Industry | Arc de Triomf Columbus Monument |
2.30 | 1.7 | 47 | 30 |
05/1889 – 10/1889 | Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition | Paris | French Revolution | Eiffel Tower Annie Oakley |
32.00 | 0.3 | 96 | 35 |
05/1893 – 10/1893 | World's Columbian Exposition | Chicago | Discovery of America | Midway Plaisance Fine Arts Building Fluorescent lamp Ferris wheel |
27.50 | 27 | 290 | 19 |
05/1897 – 11/1897 | Brussels International Exposition | Brussels | Automobiles | 7.80 | 132 | 27 | ||
04/1900 – 11/1900 | Paris International | Paris | Evaluation of a Century | Motion Pictures Escalator Summer Olympics |
50.80 | 18.75 | 120 | 58 |
05/1901 – 11/1901 | Pan-American Exposition | Buffalo | Commercial well being and good understanding among the American Republics. | Outdoor lighting Assassination of William McKinley X-ray machine |
8.00 | 7.0 | 141 | |
04/1904 – 12/1904 | Louisiana Purchase | St. Louis | Louisiana Purchase | Forest Park Palace of Fine Art Vulcan statue In conjunction with Summer Olympics |
19.69 | 31.5 | 515 | 63 |
04/1905 – 11/1905 | Liège International (1905) | Liège | Belgian Independence | 7.00 | 2.9 | 70 | 31 | |
04/1906 – 11/1906 | Milan International | Milan | Transport | Electric Tramways | 10.00 | 2.6 | 100 | 25 |
04/1907 – 12/1907 | Jamestown Exposition | Norfolk | 300th Anniversary of Jamestown's settlement | Railroad exhibits | 2.851 | 2.5 | 400 | |
05/1907 – 11/1907 | Irish International Exhibition | Dublin | 2.75[5] | 39 | ||||
06/1909 – 10/1909 | Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition | Seattle | Development of the Pacific Northwest | Forestry cabin | 10.00 | 3.7 | 100 | |
04/1910 – 11/1910 | Brussels International Exhibition | Brussels | Industries | 13.00 | 3.5 | 90 | ||
04/1911 – 11/1911 | Turin International | Turin | International Exposition of Industry and Labor | 4 | 247 acres[6] | 30 | ||
04/1913 – 11/1913 | Exposition universelle et international / Ghent International Exposition | Ghent | Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station | 9.50 | 3.3 | 130 | 26 | |
02/1915 – 12/1915 | Panama–Pacific International Exposition | San Francisco | Inauguration of the Panama Canal | Tower of Jewels Palace of Fine Arts |
19.00 | 25.8 | 254 | 32 |
03/1915 – 01/1917 | Panama–California Exposition | San Diego | Celebrating the Opening of the Panama Canal | California Quadrangle Cabrillo Bridge Spreckels Organ Pavilion |
3.7 | 32 | ||
07/1922 – 02/1923 | Independence Centenary International Exposition | Rio de Janeiro | Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence. | Nations' Avenue | 3.00 | 14 | ||
05/1929 – 06/1930 | Ibero-American Exposition | 23x15px Seville | Plaza de España (Seville) | 17 | ||||
05/1929 – 01/1930 | Barcelona International Exposition | 23x15px Barcelona | Arts and Industry | Barcelona Pavilion Palau Nacional Montjuïc Stadium |
25 | 118 | ||
05/1933 – 11/1933 | Century of Progress | Chicago | A Century of Progress | Sky Ride Graf Zeppelin Homes of Tomorrow |
48.60 | 42.9 | 170 | 19 |
04/1935 – 11/1935 | Brussels International Exposition | Brussels | Transports, Colonisation | 20.00 | 197 BEF | 152 | 30 | |
05/1937 – 11/1937 | Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne / Paris International Exposition | Paris | Arts and Technology in modern life | Arc de Triomphe | 31.00 | 1,400 FRF | 105 | 44 |
04/1939 – 10/1940 | New York World's Fair | New York | Building The World of Tomorrow | Flushing Park Bell Labs' Voder Magna Carta |
45.00[7] | 155[8] | 500 | 60 |
12/1949 – 06/1950 | Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince | Anniversary of foundation of Port-au-Prince | Gulf of Gonâve | 1 | 30 | ||
07/1958 – 09/1958 | Brussels World's Fair | Brussels | A More Human World | Heysel Atomium |
41.00 | 2,500 BEF | 200 | 42 |
04/1962 – 10/1962 | Century 21 Exposition | Seattle | Man in the Space Age | Seattle Center Space Needle Seattle Monorail |
9.60[9] | 47[9] | 30 | 24 |
04/1964 – 10/1965 | New York World's Fair | New York | Peace Through Understanding (Dedicated to Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe) | Unisphere Audio-Animatronics |
51.61 | 262 | 58 | |
04/1967 – 10/1967 | Expo '67 | Montreal | Man and His World | Montreal Metro Habitat '67 Montreal Biosphère |
50.00 | 431 CAD | 365 | 62 |
04/1968 – 10/1968 | HemisFair '68 | San Antonio | Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas | Tower of the Americas Institute of Texan Cultures HemisFair Arena |
6.40[10] | 156[10] | 37.64[10] | 23 |
03/1970 – 09/1970 | Expo '70 | Osaka | Progress and Harmony for Mankind | Tower of the Sun Moon rock Electric Cars[11] |
64.2 | 30 Profit[11] |
329.82[11] | 75 |
05/1974 – 11/1974 | Expo '74 | Spokane | Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment | IMAX[12] | 4.80 | 78.4 | 41[12] | 11 |
05/1982 – 10/1982 | 1982 World's Fair | Knoxville | Energy Turns the World | Sunsphere | 11.00 | 42[13] | 30[13] | 21 |
05/1984 – 11/1984 | 1984 World's Fair | New Orleans | The World of Rivers | Convention Center | 7.30 | 350 | 33.99[14] | 26 |
03/1985 – 09/1985 | 1985 World's Fair | Tsukuba | Dwellings and Surroundings – Science and Technology for Man at Home | 20.3 | 100[15] | 111 | ||
05/1986 – 10/1986 | Expo '86 | Vancouver | Transportation and Communication | Science World Skytrain BC Place Canada Place |
22.11 | 311 CAD deficit | 70 | 54 |
04/1988 – 10/1988 | Expo '88 | Brisbane | Leisure in the Age of Technology | Sunsails, Skyneedle | 18.00 | 625 AUD | 40 | 36 |
04/1992 – 10/1992 | Expo '92 | Seville | The Era of Discovery | Puente del Alamillo | 41.80 | 215 | 108 | |
05/1992 – 08/1992 | Expo Colombo '92 | Genoa | Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea | Aquarium of Genoa | 1.7 | 108 | ||
08/1993 – 11/1993 | Expo '93 | Daejeon | The Challenge of a New Road of Development | Expo Science Park, Daejeon Museum of Art | 14.50 | 25 | 108 | |
05/1998 – 09/1998 | Expo '98 | Lisbon | The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future | Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Oceanarium Pavilion of Portugal |
11.00 | 70 | 146 | |
06/2000 – 10/2000 | Expo 2000 | Hanover | Humankind, Nature, Technology | Hannover Principles | 18.00 | 3,400 DEM[16][17] | 160 | 155 |
03/2005 – 09/2005 | Expo 2005 | Aichi | Nature's Wisdom | Satsuki and Mei's House ASIMO The Frozen Mammoth |
22.04 | 173 | 121 | |
06/2008 – 09/2008 | Expo 2008 | Zaragoza | Water and Sustainable development | Bridge Pavilion Water Tower |
5.650 | 104 | ||
05/2010 – 10/2010 | Expo 2010 | Shanghai | Better City, Better Life | Expo Axis Oriental Crown (Currently China Art Museum, Shanghai) |
73.08 | 4,200 (5,800 including infrastructure)[18] | 528 | 192 |
05/2012 – 08/2012 | Expo 2012 | Yeosu | The Living Ocean and Coast | The Big-O[19] The Sky Tower[20] |
8.20 | 176.9 | 25 | 103 |
05/2015 – 10/2015 | Expo 2015 | Milan | Feeding the planet, energy for life | The Tree of Life | 22.2 | 200 | 145 |
Planned expositions
Date[1] | Location[1] | Name of Exposition | Theme[2] or symbol[3] |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Astana | Expo 2017 | Energy of the Future |
2020 | Dubai[21] | Expo 2020 | Connecting Minds, Creating the Future |
Proposed expositions
- 2022/2023: Copenhagen[22] / Newcastle[citation needed] / Minnesota bid [23] Canary Islands[24])
- 2025: Houston[25] / London[26] / Paris[27] / Rotterdam[28] / San Francisco[citation needed] / Toronto[29]
List by country
References
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