List of world expositions
List by date

List of world expositions

Section Title: List by date
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Dates	Name of Exposition	Country	City	Category	Theme	Notables	Visitors in millions	Cost in millions (USD unless specified)	Area (ha)	Attending countries

04/1851 – 10/1851	The Great Exhibition	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	London	World Expo	Industry of all Nations	The Crystal Palace	6.00	1.65	10	25

05/1855 – 11/1855	Exhibition Universelle / Paris International	France	Paris	World Expo	Agriculture, Industry and Art	Palais d'Industrie Bordeaux Wine classification	5.00	2	15	25

05/1862 – 11/1862	International Exhibition	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	London	World Expo	Industry and Arts	6.00	2	15	39

04/1867 – 11/1867	Exposition Universelle / Paris International	France	Paris	World Expo	Agriculture, Industry and Arts	Champ de Mars	15.00	4.5	69	42

05/1873 – 10/1873	Weltausstellung 1873 Wien / Austrian International Exposition	Austria-Hungary	Vienna	World Expo	Culture and Education	Rotunde	7.25	9.5	233	35

05/1876 – 11/1876	Centennial Exposition	United States	Philadelphia	World Expo	Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine	Centennial Arboretum Telephone Heinz Ketchup	10.00	8	115	35

05/1878 – 11/1878	Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition	France	Paris	World Expo	New Technologies	Statue of Liberty Telephone Braille	16.00	11	75	36

10/1880 – 04/1881	Melbourne International Exhibition	Victoria	Melbourne	World Expo	Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industrial Products of all Nations	Royal Exhibition Buildings & Carlton Gardens	1.30	1.6	25	33

04/1888 – 12/1888	Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)	Spain	Barcelona	World Expo	Fine and Industrial Arts	Arc de Triomf Columbus Monument	2.30	1.7	47	30

05/1889 – 10/1889	Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition	France	Paris	World Expo	French Revolution	Eiffel Tower Annie Oakley	32.00	0.3	96	35

05/1893 – 10/1893	World's Columbian Exposition	United States	Chicago	World Expo	Discovery of America	Midway Plaisance Fine Arts Building Fluorescent lamp Ferris wheel	27.50	27	690	19

05/1897 – 11/1897	Brussels International Exposition	Belgium	Brussels	World Expo	Modern Life	7.80	132	27

04/1900 – 11/1900	Paris International	France	Paris	World Expo	19th Century: an overview	Motion Pictures Escalator Summer Olympics	50.80	18.75	120	58

04/1904 – 12/1904	Louisiana Purchase	United States	St. Louis	World Expo	Louisiana Purchase	Forest Park Palace of Fine Art Vulcan statue In conjunction with Summer Olympics	19.69	31.5	515	63

04/1905 – 11/1905	Liège International (1905)	Belgium	Liège	World Expo	Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of independence	7.00	2.9	70	31

04/1906 – 11/1906	Milan International	Italy	Milan	World Expo	Transport	Electric Tramways	10.00	2.6	100	25

04/1910 – 11/1910	Brussels International Exhibition	Belgium	Brussels	World Expo	Works of Art and Science, Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations	13.00	3.5	90	26

04/1913 – 11/1913	Exposition universelle et international / Ghent International Exposition	Belgium	Ghent	World Expo	Peace, Industry and Art	Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station	9.50	3.3	130	24

02/1915 – 12/1915	Panama–Pacific International Exposition	United States	San Francisco	World Expo	Inauguration of the Panama Canal	Tower of Jewels Palace of Fine Arts	19.00	25.8	254	32

05/1929 – 01/1930	Barcelona International Exposition	Spain	Barcelona	World Expo	Arts, Industry and Sport	Barcelona Pavilion Palau Nacional Montjuïc Stadium	5.8	25	118	29

05/1933 – 10/1934	Century of Progress	United States	Chicago	World Expo	The interdependence among Industry and scientific research	Sky Ride Graf Zeppelin Homes of Tomorrow	38.80	42.9	170	19

04/1935 – 11/1935	Brussels International Exposition	Belgium	Brussels	World Expo	Transports	20.00	197 BEF	152	30

05/1936 – 06/1936	ILIS 1936	Sweden	Stockholm	Specialised Expo	Aviation	Stockholm Bromma Airport	0.5	8

05/1937 – 11/1937	Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne / Paris International Exposition	France	Paris	World Expo	Arts and Technology in modern life	Arc de Triomphe	31.00	1,400 FRF	105	44

05/1938 – 05/1938	Second International Aeronautic Exhibition	Finland	Helsinki	Specialised Expo	Aerospace	Malmi Airterminal	800 sq.m	25

04/1939 – 10/1940	New York World's Fair	United States	New York City	World Expo	Building The World of Tomorrow	Flushing Park Bell Labs' Voder Magna Carta 1st World Science Fiction Convention	45.00	500	54

05/1939 – 09/1939	Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)	Belgium	Liège	Specialised Expo	Art of Water	Albert Canal	50	8

07/1947 – 08/1947	International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing	France	Paris	Specialised Expo	Urbanism and Housing	Immeubles d’Etat	6.35	14

07/1949 – 08/1949	Universal Sport Exhibition (1949)	Sweden	Stockholm	Specialised Expo	Sport and physical culture	Pehr Henrik Ling	37

09/1949 – 10/1949	The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat in Lyon	France	Lyon	Specialised Expo	Rural Habitat	Foire de Lyon	110

12/1949 – 06/1950	Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	World Expo	The festival of Peace	Gulf of Gonâve	24	15

04/1951 – 05/1951	The International Textile Exhibition	France	Lille	Specialised Expo	Textile	Textile	1.5	15	22

07/1953 – 10/1953	EA 53	Italy	Rome	Specialised Expo	Agriculture	Esposizione Universale Roma Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana	1.7	12

09/1953 – 10/1953	Conquest of the Desert (exhibition)	Israel	Jerusalem	Specialised Expo	Conquest of the Desert	4.6	13

05/1954 – 10/1954	The International Exhibition of Navigation (1954)	Italy	Naples	Specialised Expo	Navigation	100	25

05/1955 – 06/1955	The International Expo of Sport (1955)	Italy	Turin	Specialised Expo	Sport	11

06/1955 – 08/1955	Helsingborg exhibition 1955	Sweden	Helsingborg	Specialised Expo	Modern Man in the Environment	10

05/1956 – 06/1956	Exhibition of citriculture	Israel	Beit Dagan	Specialised Expo	Citrus	55

07/1957 – 09/1957	Interbau	Germany	Berlin	Specialised Expo	Reconstruction of Hansa District	Hansaviertel	1.00	53	13

07/1958 – 09/1958	Brussels World's Fair	Belgium	Brussels	World Expo	A World View: A New Humanism	Heysel Atomium	41.00	2,500 BEF	200	42

05/1961 – 10/1961	Expo 61	Italy	Turin	Specialised Expo	Celebration of centennial of Italian unity	Palazzo del Lavoro	5.00	50	19

04/1962 – 10/1962	Century 21 Exposition	United States	Seattle	World Expo	Man in the Space Age	Seattle Center Space Needle Seattle Monorail	9.60	47	30	24

06/1965 – 10/1965	IVA 65	Germany	Munich	Specialised Expo	Transport	E03	3.20	50.20	36

04/1967 – 10/1967	Expo '67	Canada	Montreal	World Expo	Man and His World	Canadian Centennial Montreal Metro Habitat '67 Montreal Biosphère	50.30	431 CAD	365	62

04/1968 – 10/1968	HemisFair '68	United States	San Antonio	Specialised Expo	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	Japan	Osaka	World Expo	Progress and Harmony for Mankind	Tower of the Sun Moon rock Electric Cars	64.2	30 Profit	329.82	75

08/1971 – 09/1971	Expo 71	Hungary	Budapest	Specialised Expo	The Hunt through the World	International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)	1.90	35.0	52

05/1974 – 11/1974	Expo '74	United States	Spokane	Specialised Expo	Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment	IMAX	5.60	78.4	41	10

07/1975 – 01/1976	Expo '75	Japan	Okinawa	Specialised Expo	The Sea We would like to See	Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	3.48	100.0	35

06/1981 – 07/1981	Expo 81	Bulgaria	Plovdiv	Specialised Expo	Hunting	International Fair Plovdiv

05/1982 – 10/1982	1982 World's Fair	United States	Knoxville	Specialised Expo	Energy Turns the World	Sunsphere	11.00	42	30	16

05/1984 – 11/1984	1984 World's Fair	United States	New Orleans	Specialised Expo	The World of Rivers– Fresh Water as a source of life	Convention Center	7.35	350	33.99	15

03/1985 – 09/1985	1985 World's Fair	Japan	Tsukuba	Specialised Expo	Dwellings and Surroundings – Science and Technology for Man at Home	20.3	100	48

11/1985 – 11/1985	Expo 85	Bulgaria	Plovdiv	Specialised Expo	Inventions	International Fair Plovdiv	1.00	5.80	73

05/1986 – 10/1986	Expo '86	Canada	Vancouver	Specialised Expo	Transportation and Communication: World in Motion - World in Touch	Science World Skytrain BC Place Canada Place	22.11	311 CAD deficit	70	55

04/1988 – 10/1988	Expo '88	Australia	Brisbane	Specialised Expo	Leisure in the Age of Technology	Sunsails, Skyneedle	18.50	625 AUD	40	36

06/1991 – 07/1991	Expo 91	Bulgaria	Plovdiv	Specialised Expo	The activity of young people in the service of a World of Peace	World Intellectual Property Organization	8

04/1992 – 10/1992	Expo '92	Spain	Seville	World Expo	The Era of Discovery	Puente del Alamillo	41.80	215	108

05/1992 – 08/1992	Expo Colombo '92	Italy	Genoa	Specialised Expo	Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea	Aquarium of Genoa	1.7	6	54

08/1993 – 11/1993	Expo '93	South Korea	Daejeon	Specialised Expo	The Challenge of a New Road of Development	Expo Science Park, Daejeon Museum of Art	14.50	90.10	141

05/1998 – 09/1998	Expo '98	Portugal	Lisbon	Specialised Expo	The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future	Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Oceanarium Pavilion of Portugal	10.10	50	143

06/2000 – 10/2000	Expo 2000	Germany	Hanover	World Expo	Man, Nature, Technology	Hannover Principles	18.10	3,400 DEM	160	155

03/2005 – 09/2005	Expo 2005	Japan	Aichi	Specialised Expo	Nature's Wisdom	Satsuki and Mei's House ASIMO The Frozen Mammoth	22.04	173	121

06/2008 – 09/2008	Expo 2008	Spain	Zaragoza	Specialised Expo	Water and Sustainable development	Bridge Pavilion Water Tower	5.650	25	108

05/2010 – 10/2010	Expo 2010	China	Shanghai	World Expo	Better City, Better Life	Expo Axis Oriental Crown (Currently China Art Museum, Shanghai)	73.08	4,200 (5,800 including infrastructure)	523	246

05/2012 – 08/2012	Expo 2012	South Korea	Yeosu	Specialised Expo	The Living Ocean and Coast	The Big-O The Sky Tower	8.20	176.9	25	103

05/2015 – 10/2015	Expo 2015	Italy	Milan	World Expo	Feeding the planet, Energy for life	The Tree of Life	21.5	110	145

06/2017 – 09/2017	Expo 2017	Kazakhstan	Astana	Specialised Expo	Future Energy	The Nur Alem Sphere	4.1	25	115

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The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana was constructed as part of the Esposizione Universale Roma.

final_sentence: The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana was constructed as part of the Esposizione Universale Roma.