Timeline of Selected World's Fairs

  • London, Crystal Palace

    London, Crystal Palace
    May 1-October 15, 1851
  • Dublin, Great Industrial Exhibition

    Dublin, Great Industrial Exhibition
    May 12-October 31, 1853
  • New York, Exhibition of Industry of All Nations

    New York, Exhibition of Industry of All Nations
    July 14, 1853-November 1, 1854
  • Philadelphia, Centennial International Exposition

    Philadelphia, Centennial International Exposition
    May 10-November, 1876
  • Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition

    Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition
    May 1-October 30, 1893
  • San Francisco, California Midwinter International Exposition

    San Francisco, California Midwinter International Exposition
    January 24-July 8, 1894
  • Exposition Universelle

    Paris, France
  • Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition

    Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition
    May 1-November 2, 1901
  • St. Louis, World's Fair (Lousiana Purchase Exposition)

    St. Louis, World's Fair (Lousiana Purchase Exposition)
    April 30-December 1, 1904
  • New York, World's Fair

    New York, World's Fair
    April 22, 1964-October 17, 1965
  • Montreal, International and Universal Exposition

    Montreal, International and Universal Exposition
    April 27-October 29, 1967