List of world's fairs  

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The Crystal Palace (1851)

The Trylon and Perisphere, two modernistic structures at the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940
Photo: Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)

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This is a list of world's fairs, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) see List of world expositions.

As an aside, the oldest North American expo calling itself a World's Fair is actually the World's Fair of Tunbridge, Vermont, which is held yearly. It assumed the title of "world's fair" in 1867. However, it is not a "world's fair" in the same expansive sense as the following entries of this page.

1750s - 1790s - 1800s - 1820s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s

1750s

• 1756 - Template:Flagicon London, Great Britain - First Exhibition (1756) - sponsored by the Society of Arts

1790s

• 1798 - Template:Flagicon Belgin, France - First Exhibition (1798) and Second Exhibition (1798) in Europe

1800s

• 1802 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Third Exposition (1802)

1820s

• 1829 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - American Institute Fair
• 1829 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Sardinia - Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1829

1840s

• 1844 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - French Industrial Exposition of 1844
• 1846 - Template:Flagicon Genoa, Sardinia - Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionale
• 1849 - Template:Flagicon Birmingham, United Kingdom - Exposition of British Society (1849)
• 1849 - Template:Flagicon United Kingdom - First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849)

1850s

• 1850 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Sardinia
• 1851 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations -- The Crystal Palace
• 1852 - Template:Flagicon Cork, United Kingdom - Irish Industrial Exhibition (1852)
• 1853 - Template:Flagicon New York, United States - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
• 1853 - Template:Flagicon Dublin, United Kingdom - Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)
• 1854 - Template:Flagicon Genoa, Sardinia - Esposizione Industriale
• 1854 - Template:Flagicon Munich, Bavaria - Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)
• 1854 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))
• 1855 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1855)
• 1855 - Template:Flagicon Dublin, United Kingdom - Dublin International Exhibition (1855)
• 1857 - Template:Flagicon Manchester, United Kingdom - Art Treasures Exhibition (1857) at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford
• 1858 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Sardinia

1860s

• 1861 - Template:Flagicon Metz, France - Exposition Universelle (1861)
• 1862 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - 1862 International Exhibition
• 1865 - Template:Flagicon Oporto, Portugal
• 1867 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1867)

1870s

• 1870 - Template:Flagicon Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
• 1871 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
• 1872 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
• 1872 - Template:Flagicon Lima, Peru - Exposicion Internacional de 1872
• 1872 - Template:Flagicon Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)
• 1872 - Template:Flagicon Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)
• 1873 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
• 1873 - Template:Flagicon Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
• 1873 - Template:Flagicon Sydney, New South Wales - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
• 1874 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
• 1874 - Template:Flagicon Dublin, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
• 1874 - Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)
• 1875 - Template:Flagicon Santiago, Chile - Exposicion Internacional de 1875
• 1875 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 - Template:Flagicon Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
• 1875 - Template:Flagicon Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
• 1875 - Template:Flagicon Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional de Chile
• 1876 - Template:Flagicon Philadelphia, United States - Centennial Exposition
• 1876 - Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Queensland - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
• 1877 - Template:Flagicon image Cape Town, Cape Colony - South African International Exhibition (1877)
• 1877 - Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)
• 1878 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)
• 1878 - Template:Flagicon Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
• 1879 - Template:Flagicon Sydney, New South Wales - Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
• 1879 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)

1880s

• 1880 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
• 1881 - Template:Flagicon Atlanta, United States - International Cotton Exposition (1881)
• 1881 - Template:Flagicon Budapest, Austria-Hungary - Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás (1881)
• 1882 - Template:Flagicon Bordeaux, France - Exposition internationale des vins (1882)
• 1882 - Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Continental Sud-Americana (1882)
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon Boston, United States - The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations (1883)
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands - Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883) (International Colonial Exhibition)
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition (1883)
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon Parramatta, New South Wales - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1883)
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon Louisville, United States - Southern Exposition
• 1883 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - World's Fair (1883) (never held)
• 1884 - Template:Flagicon New Orleans, United States - World Cotton Centennial (1884) (New Orleans Universal Exposition and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
• 1884 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
• 1884 - Template:Flagicon Edinburgh, United Kingdom - International Forestry Exhibition (1884)
• 1884 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana (1884)
• 1885 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
• 1885 - Template:Flagicon Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)
• 1885 - Template:Flagicon Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (1885)
• 1885 - Template:Flagicon New Orleans, United States - North, Central and South American Exposition (1885)
• 1885 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Inventions
• 1886 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
• 1886 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria
• 1886 - Template:Flagicon Edinburgh, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art (1886)
• 1886 - Template:Flagicon Liverpool, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
• 1887 - Template:Flagicon Adelaide, South Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - Template:Flagicon Geelong, Victoria - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - American Exhibition (1887)
• 1887 - Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy - Esposizione mondiale (1887)
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888), Centennial International Exhibition
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Glasgow, United Kingdom - International Exhibition (1888)
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain - Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
• 1888 - Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark - The Nordic Exhibition of 1888
• 1889 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower
• 1889 - Template:Flagicon Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
• 1889 - Template:Flagicon Buffalo, United States - International Industrial Fair (1889)

1890s

• 1890 - Template:Flagicon Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)
• 1891 - Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia - Exposition française (1891)
• 1891 - Template:Flagicon Frankfurt, Germany - International Electro-Technical Exhibition – 1891
• 1891 - Template:Flagicon image Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)
• 1891 - Template:Flagicon Launceston, Tasmania - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
• 1891 - Template:Flagicon Prague, Austria-Hungary - General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds [1]
• 1892 - Template:Flagicon Genoa, Italy - Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892)
• 1892 - Template:Flagicon Madrid, Spain - Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)
• 1892 - Template:Flagicon Washington, DC, United States - Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)
• 1893 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - World's Columbian Exposition
• 1893 - Template:Flagicon image Kimberley, Cape Colony - South Africa and International Exhibition (1893)
• 1893 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)
• 1894 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894
• 1894 - Template:Flagicon Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
• 1894 - Template:Flagicon Lyon, France - Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894)
• 1894 - Template:Flagicon Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
• 1895 - Template:Flagicon Hobart, Tasmania - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
• 1895 - Template:Flagicon Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
• 1895 - Template:Flagicon Atlanta, United States - Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
• 1896 - Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany - Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
• 1896 - Template:Flagicon Mexico City, Mexico - International Exposition (1896) (never held)
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Guatemala City, Guatemala - Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Queensland - Queensland International Exhibition (1897)
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - Irish Fair (1897)
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Nashville, United States - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
• 1897 - Template:Flagicon Stockholm, Sweden-Norway - Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen (1897)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Dunedin, New Zealand - Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Omaha, United States - Trans-Mississippi Exposition
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Bergen, Norway - International Fisheries Exposition (1898)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Munich, Germany - Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - California's Golden Jubilee (1898)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana (1898)
• 1898 - Template:Flagicon Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)
• 1899 - Template:Flagicon Coolgardie, Western Australia - Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition (1899)
• 1899 - Template:Flagicon Omaha, United States - Greater America Exposition (1899)
• 1899 - Template:Flagicon Philadelphia, United States - National Export Exposition (1899)
• 1899 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)

1900s

• 1900 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900) - Le Grand Palais
• 1900 - Template:Flagicon Adelaide, South Australia - Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
• 1901 - Template:Flagicon Buffalo, United States - Pan-American Exposition
• 1901 - Template:Flagicon Glasgow, United Kingdom - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
• 1901 - Template:Flagicon Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
• 1901 - Template:Flagicon Charleston, United States - South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901)
• 1902 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
• 1902 - Template:Flagicon Hanoi, French Indochina - Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)
• 1902 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held)
• 1902 - Template:Flagicon Toledo, Ohio, United States - Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) - (never held)
• 1903 - Template:Flagicon Osaka, Japan - National Industrial Exposition (1903)
• 1904 - Template:Flagicon St. Louis, United States - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
• 1905 - Template:Flagicon Portland, United States - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)
• 1905 - Template:Flagicon Liège, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1905)
• 1905 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition (1905)
• 1905 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
• 1906 - Template:Flagicon Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (1906)
• 1906 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Austrian Exhibition (1906)
• 1906 - Template:Flagicon Marseille, France - Exposition coloniale (1906)
• 1906 - Template:Flagicon Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)
• 1907 - Template:Flagicon Dublin, United Kingdom - Irish International Exhibition (1907)
• 1907 - Template:Flagicon Hampton Roads, United States - Jamestown Exposition
• 1907 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)
• 1907 - Template:Flagicon Mannheim, Germany - Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)
• 1908 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
• 1908 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - International Mining Exposition (1908)
• 1908 - Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Imperial International Exhibition (1909)
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon Nancy, France - Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon Seattle, United States - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - Portolá Festival (1909)
• 1909 - Template:Flagicon Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)

1910s

• 1910 - Template:Flagicon Bogotá, Colombia - Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910)
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon Nanking, China - Nanyang Industrial Exposition
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910)
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Japan-British Exhibition (1910)
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - Admission Day Festival (1910)
• 1910 - Template:Flagicon Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Coronation Exhibition (1911)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Festival of Empire (1911)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale delle Industrie e del Lavor (1911)
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry
• 1911 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
• 1912 - Template:Flagicon Manila, Philippines - Philippine Exposition (1912)
• 1912 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Latin-British Exhibition (1912)
• 1912 - Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan - Grand Exposition of Japan (1912) (never held)
• 1913 - Template:Flagicon Ghent, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)
• 1913 - Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands - Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
• 1913 - Template:Flagicon Knoxville, United States - National Conservation Exposition (1913)
• 1914 - Template:Flagicon Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
• 1914 - Template:Flagicon Cologne, Germany - Werkbund Exposition (1914)
• 1914 - Template:Flagicon Nottingham, United Kingdom - Universal Exhibition (1914)
• 1914 - Template:Flagicon Semarang, Dutch East Indies - Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)
• 1914 - Template:Flagicon Kristiania, Norway - Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) Palace of Fine Arts
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon San Diego, United States - Panama-California Exposition (1915)
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon Panama City, Panama - Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon Richmond, United States - Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915)
• 1915 - Template:Flagicon Washington, DC, United States - National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (never held)
• 1917 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - Allied War Exposition (1917)
• 1918 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries (1918)
• 1918 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - Allied War Exposition (1918)
• 1918 - Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States - California Liberty Fair (1918)

1920s

• 1921 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
• 1922 - Template:Flagicon Marseille, France - Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)
• 1922 - Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan - Peace Exhibition (1922)
• 1922 - Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
• 1923 - Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States - American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
• 1923 - Template:Flagicon Calcutta, India - Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
• 1923 - Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Sweden - Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) - Industrial Exhibition
• 1924 - Template:Flagicon Wembley, United Kingdom - British Empire Exhibition
• 1924 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - French Exposition (1924)
• 1925 - Template:Flagicon Lyon, France - Foire (1925)
• 1925 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
• 1925 - Template:Flagicon Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
• 1925 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
• 1926 - Template:Flagicon Philadelphia, United States - Sesquicentennial Exposition
• 1926 - Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany - Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
• 1927 - Template:Flagicon Lyon, France - Foire internationale (1925)
• 1928 - Template:Flagicon Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
• 1928 - Template:Flagicon Long Beach, United States - Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
• 1929 - Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain, and Seville, Spain - Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) or (Spain International Exposition)
• 1929 - Template:Flagicon Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - North East Coast Exhibition
• 1929 - Template:Flagicon Hangzhou, Republic of China - Westlake Exposition

1930s

• 1930 - Template:Flagicon Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (1930)
• 1930 - Template:Flagicon Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien (1930)
• 1930 - Template:Flagicon Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm International Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
• 1930 - Template:Flagicon Trondheim, Norway - Tröndelag Exhibition (1930)
• 1931 - Template:Flagicon Milan, Italy - International Foundry Exhibition and Congress (1931)
• 1931 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition coloniale internationale (1931)
• 1931 - Template:Flagicon Yorktown, United States - Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1931)
• 1933 - Template:Flagicon Chicago, United States - Century of Progress International Exposition
• 1934 - Template:Flagicon Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
• 1934 - Template:Flagicon Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - Levant Fair (1934)
• 1935 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)
• 1935 - Template:Flagicon San Diego, United States - California Pacific International Exposition (1935)
• 1935 - Template:Flagicon Porto Alegre, Brazil -Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha (1935)
• 1936 - Template:Flagicon Johannesburg, South Africa - Empire Exhibition (1936)
• 1936 - Template:Flagicon Cleveland, United States - Great Lakes Exposition
• 1936 - Template:Flagicon Dallas, United States - Texas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany - Ausstellung (1937)
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Cleveland, United States - Great Lakes Exposition
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Dallas, United States - Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition (1937)
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf, Germany - Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Miami, United States - Pan American Fair (1937)
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
• 1937 - Template:Flagicon Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
• 1938 - Template:Flagicon Glasgow, United Kingdom - Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States - Golden Gate International Exposition
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon Dresden, Germany - Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)
• 1939 - Template:Flagicon Zürich, Switzerland - Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)

1940s

• 1940 - Template:Flagicon Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição do Mundo Português (1940)
• 1940 - Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States - Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held)
• 1940 - Template:Flagicon Naples, Italy - Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)
• 1940 - Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan - Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (never held)
• 1942 - Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States - Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held)
• 1942 - Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy - Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held)
• 1948 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Foire coloniale (1948)
• 1949 - Template:Flagicon Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince (1949)

1950s

• 1951 - Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom - Festival of Britain
• 1953 - Template:Flagicon Jerusalem, Israel - International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert
• 1955 - Template:Flagicon Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic - Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre
• 1957 - Template:Flagicon Guangzhou, China - Chinese Export Commodities Fair
• 1959 - Template:Flagicon Brussels, Belgium - Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et venti Internationale de Bruxelles) - Atomium

1960s

• 1960 - cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)
• 1961 - Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy - Italia '61
• 1962 - Template:Flagicon Seattle, United States - Century 21 Exposition Space Needle
• 1964 - Template:Flagicon New York City, United States - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions)
• 1967 - Template:Flagicon Montreal, Canada - Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) the most successful Fair ever, drawing more than 50 million visitors.
• 1968 - Template:Flagicon San Antonio, United States - HemisFair '68

1970s

• 1970 - Template:Flagicon Osaka, Japan - Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
• 1974 - Template:Flagicon Spokane, United States - Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment)
• 1975 - Template:Flagicon Okinawa, Japan - Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980s

• 1982 - Template:Flagicon Knoxville, United States - 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) - Sunsphere
• 1984 - Template:Flagicon New Orleans, United States - 1984 Louisiana World Exposition
• 1985 - Template:Flagicon Tsukuba, Japan - Expo '85
• 1986 - Template:Flagicon Vancouver, Canada - Expo '86 (1986 World Exposition)
• 1988 - Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Australia - Expo '88 (World Expo '88)

1990s

• 1992 - Template:Flagicon Seville, Spain - Seville Expo '92
• 1992 - Template:Flagicon Genoa, Italy - Genoa Expo '92
• 1992 - cancelled (planned site: Template:Flagicon Chicago, U.S.)
• 1993 - Template:Flagicon Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea - Expo '93
• 1996 - cancelled (planned site: Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary)
• 1998 - Template:Flagicon Lisbon, Portugal - Expo '98
• 1999 - Template:Flagicon Kunming, People's Republic of China World Horticultural Exposition

2000s

• 2000 - Template:Flagicon Hanover, Germany - Expo 2000
• 2000 - Template:Flagicon Greenwich, London, United Kingdom - Millennium Dome
• 2001 - cancelled (planned site: Template:Flagicon Metro Manila, Philippines) [2]
• 2002 - cancelled (planned site: Template:Flagicon Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
• 2002 - Template:Flagicon Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland - Expo.02
• 2004 - cancelled (planned site: Template:Flagicon Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
• 2005 - Template:Flagicon Aichi, Japan - Expo 2005
• 2008 - Template:Flagicon Zaragoza, Spain - Expo 2008

2010s

• 2010 - Template:Flagicon Shanghai, China - Expo 2010
• 2012 - Template:Flagicon Yeosu, South Korea - Expo 2012
• 2015 - Template:Flagicon Milan, Italy - Expo 2015
• 2017 or 2018 - Expo 2017 or Expo 2018
  • Template:Flagicon Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (possible bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (possible bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Lille, France (possible bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Belgrade, Serbia (possible bid)

2020s

• 2020 - Expo 2020
  • Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon São Paulo, Brazil (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Manila, Philippines (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Montréal, Canada (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon New York City, United States (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon San Francisco, United States (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Houston, United States (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (proposed bid)
  • Template:Flagicon Bangkok, Thailand (proposed bid)
• 2022 or 2023 - Expo 2022 or Expo 2023
  • Template:Flagicon Columbus, Ohio (proposed bid)
• 2025 - Expo 2025
• 2027 or 2028 - Expo 2027 or Expo 2028

See also

• Colonial exhibition
• Trade fair

External links

• ExpoMuseum - The World's Fair Museum