List of world expositions

Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851.

See also: List of world's fairs

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 at List of world's fairs.

List by date

Dates	Name of Exposition	Location	Theme or symbol	Notables	Visitors in millions	Cost (USD) in millions	Area (ha)	Attending countries
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	Paris International	Paris	Agriculture, Industry and Art	Palais d'Industrie Bordeaux Wine classification	5.00	2	15	25
05/1862 - 11/1862	International	London	Industry and Arts		6.00	2	15	39
04/1867 - 11/1867	Paris International	Paris	Agriculture, Industry and Arts	Champ de Mars	15.00	4.5	69	42
05/1873 - 10/1873	Austrian International	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	Paris International	Paris	Agriculture, Arts and Industry	Statue of Liberty Telephone Braille	16.00	11	75	36
09/1879 - 04/1880	Sydney International	Sydney	Agriculture, Arts and Industry	The Garden Palace, Steam trams	1.1
10/1880 - 04/1881	Melbourne International	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)	Barcelona	Arts and Industry	Arc de Triomf Columbus Monument	2.30	1.7	47	30
05/1889 - 10/1889	Paris International	Paris	French Revolution	Eiffel Tower Annie Oakley	32.00	0.3	96	35
05/1893 - 10/1893	World's Columbian	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 Summer Olympics	19.50	31.5	500	62
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
05/1907 - 11/1907	Irish International Exhibition	Dublin			2.75			39
04/1907 - 12/1907	Jamestown Exposition	Norfolk	300th Anniversary of Jamestown's settlement	Railroad exhibits	2.851
400
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	Brussels	Industries		13.00	3.5	90
04/1911 - 11/1911	Turin International	Turin	International Exposition of Industry and Labor		4		247 acres	30
04/1913 - 11/1913	Ghent International	Ghent		Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station	9.50	3.3	130	26
02/1915 - 12/1915	Panama–Pacific	San Francisco	Inauguration of the Panama Canal	Palace of Fine Arts Exploratorium	19.00	25.8	254	32
03/1915 - 01/1917	Panama–California International	San Diego	Celebrating the Opening of the Panama Canal	Cabrillo Bridge House of Charm Spreckels Organ Pavilion San Diego Museum of Man San Diego Zoo	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	Seville						17
05/1929 - 01/1930	Barcelona International	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	Brussels	Transports, Colonisation		20.00	197 BEF	152	30
05/1937 - 11/1937	Paris International	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 Sci-fi Convention	45.00	155	500	60
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	47	30
04/1964 - 10/1965	New York World's Fair	New York	Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe	Unisphere Audio-Animatronics			500
04/1967 - 10/1967	Expo '67	Montreal	Man and His World	Montreal Metro Habitat '67 Montreal Biosphère	50.00	431 CAD		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	156	37.64	23
03/1970 - 09/1970	Expo '70	Osaka	Progress and Harmony for Mankind	Tower of the Sun Moon rock Electric Cars	64.2	30 Profit	329.82	75
05/1974 - 11/1974	Expo '74	Spokane	Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment	IMAX	4.80	78.4	41	11
05/1982 - 10/1982	1982 World's Fair	Knoxville	Energy Turns the World	Sunsphere	11.00	42	30	21
05/1984 - 11/1984	1984 World's Fair	New Orleans	The World of Rivers	Convention Center	7.30	350	33.99	26
03/1985 - 09/1985	1985 World's Fair	Tsukuba	Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home		20.3	100		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	3.4 billion DEM	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				108
05/2010 - 10/2010	Expo 2010	Shanghai	Better City, Better Life	Expo Axis Oriental Crown (Currently China Art Museum, Shanghai)	73.08	$4.2 billion ($58 billion including infrastructure)	528	200
05/2012 - 08/2012	Expo 2012	Yeosu	The Living Ocean and Coast	The Big-O The Sky Tower	8.20	176.9	25	103

ASIMO at Expo 2005 in Japan.

Planned expositions

Date	Location	Name of Exposition	Theme or symbol
2015	Milan	Expo 2015	Feeding the planet, energy for life
2017	Astana	Expo 2017	Energy of the Future

Proposed expositions

• 2020 İzmir / São Paulo / Dubai / Ayutthaya / Yekaterinburg, Russia

List by country

The statue of the Republic overlooks the Court of Honor and Grand Basin of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

World Expo '88 Sunsails Logo

Expo 2010 in Shanghai, 2010. The largest expo in history.

Country	City	Name of Exposition	Attending Countries	Year
Australia	Sydney Melbourne Brisbane	Sydney International Melbourne International World Expo 88	33 36	1879 1880 1988
Austria (formerly Austria-Hungary)	Vienna	Austrian International	35	1873
Belgium	Brussels Ghent Liège	Brussels International Brussels International Brussels International Brussels World's Fair Ghent International Liège International	27 30 42 26 31	1897 1910 1935 1958 1913 1905
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Independence Centenary International Exposition	14	1922-23
Canada	Montreal Vancouver	Expo 67 Expo 86	62 54	1967 1986
China	Shanghai	Expo 2010	200	2010
France	Paris	Paris International Paris International Paris International Paris International Paris International Paris International	25 42 36 35 58 44	1855 1867 1878 1889 1900 1937
Germany	Hanover	Expo 2000	155	2000
Italy	Genoa Milan Turin	Expo Colombo '92 Milan International Expo 2015 Turin International	54 25 30	1992 1906 2015 1911
Japan	Aichi Tsukuba Okinawa Osaka	Expo 2005 Expo '85 Expo '75 Expo '70	121 111 40 75	2005 1985 1975 1970
Portugal	Lisbon	Expo '98	146	1998
South Korea	Daejeon Yeosu	Expo '93 Expo 2012	108 103	1993 2012
Spain	Barcelona     Seville Zaragoza	Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) Barcelona International Seville Expo '92 Expo Zaragoza 2008	30 20 108 108	1888 1929 1992 2008
United Kingdom	Dublin London	Irish International Exhibition The Great Exhibition International	39 25 39	1907 1851 1862
United States	Buffalo Chicago   Knoxville New Orleans New York City   Philadelphia San Antonio San Francisco Seattle Spokane St. Louis	Pan-American Exposition World's Columbian Century of Progress 1982 World's Fair 1984 World's fair New York World's Fair New York World's Fair Centennial Exposition HemisFair '68 Panama-Pacific Century 21 Exposition Expo '74 Louisiana Purchase	19 21 21 26 60   35 23 32 11 62	1901 1893 1933 1982 1984 1939 1964 1876 1968 1915 1962 1974 1904

References

See also

• List of world's fairs
• Colonial exhibition
• Human zoo