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| Dates | Name of Exposition | Location | Theme or symbol | Notables | Visitors in millions |
Cost (USD) in millions |
Area (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/1851 - 10/1851 | The Great Exhibition | London | Industry of all Nations | The Crystal Palace | 6.00 | 1.65 | 10 |
| 05/1855 - 11/1855 | Paris International | Paris | Agriculture, Industry and Art | Palais d'Industrie Bordeaux Wine classification |
5.00 | 2 | 15 |
| 05/1862 - 11/1862 | International | London | Industry and Arts | 6.00 | 2 | 15 | |
| 04/1867 - 11/1867 | Paris International | Paris | Agriculture, Industry and Arts | Champ de Mars | 15.00 | 4.5 | 69 |
| 05/1873 - 10/1873 | Austrian International | Vienna | Culture and Education | Rotunde | 7.25 | 9.5 | 233 |
| 05/1876 - 11/1876 | Centennial Exposition | Philadelphia | American Independence | Centennial Arboretum Telephone Heinz Ketchup |
10.00 | 8 | 115 |
| 05/1878 -11/1878 | Paris International | Paris | Agriculture, Arts and Industry | Statue of Liberty Telephone Braille |
16.00 | 11 | 75 |
| 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 |
| 1888 - 1888 | Melbourne Centennial | Melbourne | Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industry | Royal Exhibition Buildings & Carlton Gardens | |||
| 04/1888 - 12/1888 | Barcelona International | Barcelona | Arts and Industry | Arc de Triomf Columbus Monument |
2.30 | 1.7 | 47 |
| 05/1889 - 10/1889 | Paris International | Paris | French Revolution | Eiffel Tower Annie Oakley |
32.00 | 0.3 | 96 |
| 05/1893 - 10/1893 | World's Columbian | Chicago | Discovery of America | Midway Plaisance Fine Arts Building Fluorescent lamp Ferris wheel |
27.50 | 27 | 290 |
| 05/1897 - 11/1897 | Brussels International | Brussels | Automobiles | 7.80 | 132 | ||
| 04/1900 - 11/1900 | Paris International | Paris | Evaluation of a Century | Motion Pictures Escalator Summer Olympics |
50.80 | 18.75 | 120 |
| 05/1901 - 11/1901 | Pan-American Exposition | Buffalo | Outdoor lighting Assassination of William McKinley X-ray machine |
8.00 | 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 |
| 04/1905 - 11/1905 | Liège International | Liège | Belgium Independence | 7.00 | 2.9 | 70 | |
| 04/1906 - 11/1906 | Milan International | Milan | Transport | Electric Tramways | 10.00 | 2.6 | 100 |
| 1907 - 1907 | Dublin International | Dublin | |||||
| 04/1907 - 12/1907 | Jamestown Exposition | Hampton Roads | |||||
| 06/1909 - 10/1909 | Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition | Seattle | Development of the Pacific Northwest | 10.00 | 3.7 | 100 | |
| 04/1910 - 11/1910 | Brussels International | Brussels | Industries | 13.00 | 3.5 | 90 | |
| 1911 - 1911 | Turin International | Turin | |||||
| 04/1913 - 11/1913 | Ghent International | Ghent | 9.50 | 3.3 | 130 | ||
| 02/1915 - 12/1915 | Panama–Pacific | San Francisco | Inauguration of the Panama Canal | Palace of Fine Arts Exploratorium |
19.00 | 25.8 | 254 |
| 03/1915 - 01/1917 | Panama–California | San Diego | |||||
| 05/1929 - 06/1930 | Ibero-American Exposition | Seville | |||||
| 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 |
| 04/1935 - 11/1935 | Brussels International | Brussels | Transports, Colonisation | 20.00 | 197 BEF | 152 | |
| 05/1937 - 11/1937 | Paris International | Paris | Arts and Technology in modern life | Arc de Triomphe | 31.00 | 1,400 FRF | 105 |
| 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[5] | 155[6] | 500 |
| 12/1949 - 06/1950 | Port-au-Prince International | Port-au-Prince | Foundation of Port-au-Prince | 30 | |||
| 07/1958 - 09/1958 | Brussels World's Fair | Brussels | A more human world | Heysel Atomium |
41.00 | 2,500 BEF | 200 |
| 04/1962 - 10/1962 | Century 21 Exposition | Seattle | Man in the Space Age | Seattle Center Space Needle Seattle Monorail |
9.60[7] | 47[7] | 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 |
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| 04/1967 - 10/1967 | Expo '67 | Montreal | Man and His World Land | Montreal Metro Habitat '67 Montreal Biosphère |
50.00 | 431 CAD | |
| 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[8] | 156[8] | 93 acres[8] |
| 03/1970 - 09/1970 | Expo '70 | Osaka | Progress and Harmony for Mankind | Tower of the Sun Moon rock Electric Cars[9] |
64.00 | 30 Profit[9] |
815 acres[9] |
| 05/1974 - 11/1974 | Expo '74 | Spokane | Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment | IMAX[10] | 4.80 | 78.4 | 41[10] |
| 05/1982 - 10/1982 | 1982 World's Fair | Knoxville | Energy Turns the World | Sunsphere | 11.00 | 42[11] | 30[11] |
| 05/1984 - 11/1984 | 1984 World's Fair | New Orleans | The worlds of Rivers | Convention Center | 7.30 | 350 | 84 acres[12] |
| 03/1985 - 09/1985 | 1985 World's Fair | Tsukuba | Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home | 20.3 | acres[13] |
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| 05/1986 - 10/1986 | Expo '86 | Vancouver | Transportation and Communication | Science World Skytrain BC Place Canada Place |
22.11 | 311 CAD | 70 |
| 04/1988 - 10/1988 | Expo '88 | Brisbane | Leisure in the Age of Technology | Sunsails, Skyneedle | 18.00 | 625 AUD | 40 |
| 04/1992 - 10/1992 | Expo '92 | Seville | The Era of Discovery | 41.80 | 215 | ||
| 08/1993 - 11/1993 | Expo '93 | Daejeon | The Challenge of a New Road of Development | Daejeon Expo Park, Daejeon Museum of Art | 25 | ||
| 05/1998 - 09/1998 | Expo '98 | Lisbon | The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future | Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Oceanarium Pavilion of Portugal |
11.00 | 70 | |
| 06/2000 - 10/2000 | Expo 2000 | Hanover | Humankind, Nature, Technology | Hannover Principles | 18.00 | 3,400.00 DEM[14][15] | 160 |
| 03/2005 - 09/2005 | Expo 2005 | Aichi | Nature's Wisdom | My Neighbor Totoro ASIMO |
22.04 | 173 | |
| 06/2008 - 09/2008 | Expo 2008 | Zaragoza | Water and Sustainable development | Bridge Pavilion Water Tower |
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| 05/2010 - 10/2010 | Expo 2010 | Shanghai | Better City, Better Life | Expo Axis | 73.08 | $4.2 billion ($58 billion including infrastructure) | 528 |
| 05/2012 -08/2012 | Expo 2012 | Yeosu | The Living Ocean and Coast | ||||
| 2015 | Expo 2015 | Milan | Feeding the planet, energy for life |
