List of world expositions
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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.
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[edit] List by date
| Dates | Name of Exposition | Location[1] | Theme[2] or symbol[3] | Notables | Visitors in millions[4] |
Cost (USD) in millions[4] |
Area (ha)[4] |
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[5] | 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[6] | 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 | ||
| 05/1929 - 06/1930 | Ibero-American Exposition | Seville |
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| 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[7] | 155[8] | 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[9] | 47[9] | 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[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 | Daejeon Expo 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 | 3,400,000 DEM[16][17] | 160 | 155 |
| 03/2005 - 09/2005 | Expo 2005 | Aichi |
Nature's Wisdom | My Neighbor Totoro ASIMO |
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 |
73.08 | $4.2 billion ($58 billion including infrastructure)[18] | 528 | 200 |
[edit] Planned expositions
| Date[1] | Location[1] | Name of Exposition | Theme[2] or symbol[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Yeosu |
Expo 2012 | The Living Ocean and Coast |
| 2015 | Milan |
Expo 2015 | Feeding the planet, energy for life |
[edit] Proposed expositions
[edit] List by country
[edit] References
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