World's Fair - List of Expositions

List of Expositions

List of hitherto official world expositions (Universal, International/Specialised, Horticultural) according to the Bureau International des Expositions and ExpoMuseum: International Registered Exhibitions now held every five years are in bold. Upcoming world expositions are in italics.

  • 1851 London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • 1855 Paris (France)
  • 1862 London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • 1867 Paris (France)
  • 1873 Vienna (Austria–Hungary)
  • 1876 Philadelphia (United States)
  • 1878 Paris (France)
  • 1879 Sydney (New South Wales, British Australia)
  • 1880 Melbourne (Victoria, British Australia)
  • 1884 New Orleans (United States)
  • 1885 Antwerp (Belgium)
  • 1888 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 1889 Paris (France)
  • 1893 Chicago (United States)
  • 1897 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 1898 Omaha (United States)
  • 1900 Paris (France)
  • 1901 Buffalo (United States)
  • 1904 St. Louis (United States)
  • 1905 Liège (Belgium)
  • 1906 Milan (Italy)
  • 1907 Dublin (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • 1907 Norfolk (United States)
  • 1909 Seattle (United States)
  • 1910 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 1911 Turin (Italy)
  • 1913 Ghent (Belgium)
  • 1915 San Francisco (United States)
  • 1915 San Diego (United States)
  • 1922-23 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 1929 Seville (Spain)
  • 1929 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 1930 Liège (Belgium)
  • 1930 Antwerp (Belgium)
  • 1933-1934 Chicago (United States)
  • 1935 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 1937 Paris (France)
  • 1939 New York City (United States)
  • 1939 Liège (Belgium)
  • 1939–1940 San Francisco (United States)
  • 1958 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 1962 Seattle (United States)
  • 1964/65 New York (United States) (not BIE sanctioned)
  • 1967 Montreal (Canada)
  • 1968 San Antonio (United States)
  • 1970 Osaka (Japan)
  • 1974 Spokane (United States)
  • 1975 Naha (Japan)
  • 1982 Knoxville (United States)
  • 1984 New Orleans (United States)
  • 1985 Tsukuba (Japan)
  • 1986 Vancouver (Canada)
  • 1988 Brisbane (Australia)
  • 1992 Seville (Spain)
  • 1992 Genoa (Italy)
  • 1993 Daejeon (South Korea)
  • 1998 Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 2000 Hannover (Germany)
  • 2005 Aichi (Japan)
  • 2008 Zaragoza (Spain)
  • 2010 Shanghai (China)
  • 2012 Yeosu (South Korea)
  • 2015 Milan (Italy)
  • 2017 Astana (Kazakhstan)
  • Expo 2020 yet to be designated

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