SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WORLD'S FAIRS BY CITY

Introduction | Chronological list by decades | Fairs never held by date | Fairs never held by city | 1851 - 1903 World's Fairs Database | List of photographs | List of postcards | List of videos | Information For Dealers And Individuals Offering Materials For Sale | Bibliographies | Other Libraries/Collections | Links

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note: x denotes variant name(s) for a fair

Adelaide, Australia

• 1887-1888
  • Jubilee International Exhibition

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 1883
  • Internationale, Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel-Tentoonstelling
• 1913
  • Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913

Antwerp, Belgium

• 1885
  • Exposition universelle
• 1894
  • Exposition universelle
• 1930
  • Exposition internationale
    • x Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

• 1881
  • International Cotton Exposition
• 1895
  • Cotton States and International Exposition

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Barcelona, Spain

• 1888

  • Exposición Universal

• 1929-1930

  • Exposición Internacional

Bergen, Norway

• 1898

  • International Fisheries Exposition

Berlin, Germany

• 1896

  • Gewerbe-Ausstellung

    • x Deutsche Kolonial-Ausstellung

• 1926

  • Internationale Polizeiausstellung

• 1937

  • Ausstellung

Besançon, France

• 1860

  • Exposition universelle

Bordeaux, France

• 1882

  • Exposition internationale des vins

    • x Exposition générale

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

• 1883-1884

  • American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations

    • x Foreign Exhibition

Boulogne-sur-mer, France

• 1914

  • International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries

Bremen, Germany

• 1890

  • Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung

Brussels, Belgium

• 1888

  • Grand Concours internationale des sciences et de l'industrie

    • x Exposition rétrospective d'art industriel

• 1897

  • Exposition internationale

    • x Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren

    • x Exposition Tervueren

• 1910

  • Exposition universelle et internationale

• 1935

  • Exposition universelle et internationale

• 1948

  • Foire coloniale

Budapest, Hungary

• 1881

  • Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás

    • x Exposition hongroise industrielle des ouvrages des femmes

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 1882

  • Exposición Continental Sud-Americana

• 1910

  • Exposición Internacional

    • x Exposición Internacional de Agricultura

    • x Exposición Internacional de Ferrocarriles y Transportes Terrestres

    • x Exposición Internacional de Higiene

    • x Exposición de Arte del Centenario

Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

• 1889

  • International Industrial Fair

• 1901

  • Pan-American Exposition

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Calcutta, India

• 1883-1884

  • International Exhibition

• 1923

  • Calcutta Exhibiton [preparatory to Empire Exhibition, London, 1924]

Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

• 1901-1902

  • South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

• 1893

  • World's Columbian Exposition

    • x Columbian Exposition

• 1897

  • Irish Fair

• 1907

  • World's Pure Food Exposition

• 1918

  • Allied War Exposition

    • x U.S. Government War Exposition

• 1933-1934

  • Century of Progress International Exposition

    • x Century of Progress Exposition

Christchurch, New Zealand

• 1906-1907

  • International Exhibition

Cologne, Germany

• 1914

  • Werkbund Exposition

• 1928

  • Internationale Presse-Ausstellung

Coolgardie, Australia

• 1899 

  • Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition

Córdoba, Argentina

• 1871

  • Exposición Nacional

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Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

• 1937

  • Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition

Dresden, Germany

• 1911

  • International Hygiene Exhibition

• 1939

  • Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung

Dublin, Ireland

• 1853

  • Exhibition of Art and Art-Industry

    • x Exhibition of Art and Industry

    • x Great Industrial Exhibition

    • x Irish Industrial Exhibition

    • x Triennial Exposition of the Royal Society of Dublin

• 1907

  • Irish International Exhibition

Dunedin, New Zealand

• 1925-1926

  • New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition

Düsseldorf, Germany

• 1937

  • Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk

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Edinburgh, Scotland

• 1884

  • International Forestry Exhibition

• 1886

  • International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art

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Genoa, Italy

• 1892

  • Esposizione italo-americana

Ghent, Belgium

• 1913

  • Exposition universelle et internationale

Glasgow, Scotland

• 1888

  • International Exhibition

• 1901

  • International Exhibition

• 1938

  • Empire Exhibition

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Hamburg, Germany

• 1862

  • International Agricultural Exhibition

Hanoi, Indochina

• 1902-1903

  • Exposition coloniale

    • x Exposition française et internationale

    • x Exposition du Tonkin

    • x Exposition d'Hanoi

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Jamestown, Virginia, U.S.A.

• 1907

  • Jamestown Exposition

    • x Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition

Johannesburg, South Africa

• 1936-1937

  • Empire Exhibition

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Kingston, Jamaica

• 1891

  • International Exhibition

    • x Jamaica International Exhibition

Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

• 1913
  • National Conservation Exposition

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Le Havre, France

• 1868

  • Exposition maritime internationale

Liège, Belgium

• 1905

  • Exposition universelle et internationale

• 1930

  • Exposition internationale

    • x Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien

• 1939

  • Exposition internationale

    • x Exposition internationale de l'eau

Lisbon, Portugal

• 1888

  • Exposição Industrial Portugueza

• 1940

  • Exposição do Mundo Português

Liverpool, England

• 1886

  • International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry

    • x International Shipping Exhibition

London, England

• 1851

  • Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations

    • x Crystal Palace Exhibition

• 1862

  • International Exhibition

• 1871

  • International Exhibition

• 1872

  • International Exhibition

• 1874

  • International Exhibition

• 1885

  • International Exhibition of Inventions

    • x International Inventions Exhibition

• 1886

  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition

• 1887

  • American Exhibition

• 1899

  • Greater Britain Exhibition

• 1902

  • Paris in London Exhibition

• 1905

  • Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition

• 1906

  • Austrian Exhibition

    • x Imperial Royal Austrian Exhibition

• 1908

  • Franco-British Exposition

• 1910

  • Japan-British Exhibition

    • x Anglo-Japanese Exhibition

• 1911

  • Coronation Exhibition

• 1911

  • Festival of Empire

    • x Festival of Empire Imperial Exhibition and Pageant of London

• 1912

  • Latin-British Exhibition

    • x Anglo-Latin Exposition

• 1921

  • International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products

Long Beach, California, U.S.A.

• 1928

  • Pacific Southwest Exposition

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

• 1918

  • California Liberty Fair

• 1923

  • American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition

    • x American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Industrial Exposition

• 1940

  • Pacific Mercado [never held]

• 1942

  • Exposition [never held]

    • x Cabrillo Fair

Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

• 1883

  • Southern Exposition

Lyon, France

• 1872

  • Exposition universelle et internationale

• 1894

  • Exposition internationale et coloniale

    • x Exposition universelle, internationale et coloniale

• 1925

  • Foire

• 1927

  • Foire internationale

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Madrid, Spain

• 1892

  • Exposición Histórico-Americana

Mannheim, Germany

• 1907

  • Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung

Marseille, France

• 1906

  • Exposition coloniale

• 1922

  • Exposition nationale coloniale

Melbourne, Australia

• 1880-1881

  • International Exhibition

• 1888-1889

  • Centennial International Exhibition

Mexico City, Mexico

• 1896

  • International Exposition [never held]

Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

• 1937

  • Pan American Fair

Milan, Italy

• 1906

  • Esposizione internazionale del Sempione

    • x Esposizione universale

• 1931

  • International Foundry Exhibition and Congress

Moscow, Russia

• 1891

  • Exposition française

    • x Franco-Russian Exposition

    • x Exposition de produits manufactures français

    • x La France à Moscou

Munich, Germany

• 1854

  • Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung

    • x Allgemeine Ausstellung deutscher Industrie- und Gewerbes-Erzeungnisse

• 1898

  • Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung

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Nanking, China

• 1910

  • Nan-yang Industrial Exhibition

    • x Nan-yang ch'uan-yen hui

    • x Nanking South Seas Exhibition

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

• 1897

  • Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

• 1884-1885

  • World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

• 1885-1886

  • North, Central and South American Exposition

New York, New York, U.S.A.

• 1829

  • American Institute Fair

• 1853-1854

  • Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations

    • x New York Crystal Palace Exhibition

    • x World's Fair of the Works of Industry of All Nations

• 1883

  • World's Fair [never held]

• 1893-1894

  • World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition

• 1902

  • United States, Colonial and International Exposition [never held]

• 1905

  • Irish Industrial Exposition

• 1908

  • International Mining Exposition

• 1911-1912

  • International Mercantile Exposition

• 1918

  • Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries

• 1924

  • French Exposition

• 1939-1940

  • World's Fair

Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

• 1875

  • Nizhni Novgorod Fair

Nottingham, England

• 1914

  • Universal Exhibition

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Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.

• 1898

  • Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition

• 1899

  • Greater America Exposition

    • x Greater America Colonial Exposition

Oporto, Portugal

• 1865-1866

  • Exposição Internacional

• 1894

  • Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza

• 1934

  • Exposição Colonial Portuguesa

Osaka, Japan

• 1903

  • National Industrial Exposition

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Panama City, Panama

• 1914-1915

  • Exposición Nacional de Panama [postponed until 1915-1916]

• 1915-1916

  • Exposición Nacional de Panama [originally scheduled for 1914-1915]

Paris, France

• 1855

  • Exposition universelle

• 1867

  • Exposition universelle

• 1878

  • Exposition universelle

• 1889

  • Exposition universelle

• 1900

  • Exposition universelle

• 1925

  • Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes

• 1931

  • Exposition coloniale internationale

• 1937

  • Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

• 1876

  • Centennial Exhibition

    • x United States Centennial International Exhibition

    • x International Exhibition

    • x International Centennial Exhibition

• 1899

  • National Export Exposition

    • x National Exposition of American Products and Manufactures

• 1926

  • Sesquicentennial International Exposition

    • x Sesquicentennial Exposition

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

• 1949-1950

  • Exposition internationale

    • x Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

• 1905

  • Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition

    • x Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair

    • x Lewis and Clark Exposition

Porto Alegre, Brazil

• 1935

  • Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha

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Quito, Ecuador

• 1909

  • Exposición Nacional

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• 1908

  • Exposição Nacional

• 1922-1923

  • Exposição Internacional

    • x Exposição do Centenario do Brasil

Rome, Italy

• 1874

  • Esposizione internazionale [never held]

• 1887-1888

  • Esposizione mondiale

• 1911

  • Esposizione internazionale

    • x Esposizione internationale d'arte

• 1942

  • Esposizione universale [never held]

    • x E42

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St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

• 1884

  • St. Louis Exposition

• 1904

  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition

San Diego, California, U.S.A.

• 1915-1916

  • Panama-California Exposition

• 1935-1936

  • California Pacific International Exposition

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

• 1894

  • California Midwinter International Exposition

• 1898

  • California's Golden Jubilee

• 1909

  • Portolá Festival

• 1910

  • Admission Day Festival

• 1915

  • Panama-Pacific International Exposition

    • x P.P.I.E.

• 1917

  • Allied War Exposition

• 1925

  • California's Diamond Jubilee

• 1939-1940

  • Golden Gate International Exposition

    • x G.G.I.E.

Santiago, Chile

• 1875-1876

  • Exposición Internacional de Chile

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

• 1909

  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

    • x A-Y-P

Semarang, Indonesia

• 1914

  • Koloniale Tentoonstelling [originally scheduled for 1913, postponed until Sept. 1914]

Seville, Spain

• 1920

  • Exposición Hispano-Americana [realized as Exposición Ibero-Americana, 1929-1930]

• 1929-1930

  • Exposición Ibero-Americana

Shanghai, China

• 1920

  • American-Chinese Exposition [never held?]

Stockholm, Sweden

• 1897

  • Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen

• 1930

  • Utställningen

    • x Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd

Sydney, Australia

• 1875

  • Intercolonial Exhibition

    • x New South Wales Intercolonial Exhibition

• 1879-1880

  • International Exhibition

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Tel Aviv, Israel

• 1934

  • Levant Fair

Tokyo, Japan

• 1912

  • Grand Exposition of Japan [postponed until 1917, but never held]

• 1922

  • Peace Exhibition

• 1940

  • Grand International Exposition of Japan [never held]

Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.

• 1902

  • Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition [never held]

Trondheim, Norway

• 1930

  • Tröndelag Exhibition

Turin, Italy

• 1884

  • Esposizione generale italiana

• 1898

  • Esposizione generale italiana

• 1902

  • Esposizione internazionale d'arte decorativa moderna

• 1911

  • Esposizione internazionale

    • x Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavoro

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Vienna, Austria

• 1873

  • Weltausstellung

• 1898

  • Jubiläums-Ausstellung

• 1901

  • Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung

• 1910

  • Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung

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Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.

• 1892

  • Exposition of the Three Americas [never held]

    • x Three Americas Exposition

• 1915

  • National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration [never held]

Wellington, New Zealand

• 1885

  • New Zealand Industrial Exhibition

• 1939-1940

  • New Zealand Centennial Exhibition

Wembley, England

• 1924-1925

  • British Empire Exhibition

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Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.A.

• 1931

  • Yorktown Sesquicentennial

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Zurich, Switzerland

• 1939

  • Schweizerische Landesausstellung

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