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List of world's fairs. This is a chronological list of international or colonial world's fairs. 1790s. 1791 – Prague, Bohemia – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods.
List by country Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. The statue of the Republic overlooks the Court of Honor and Grand Basin of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Poster for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair by Glen C. Sheffer World Expo 88 Sunsails Logo ASIMO at Expo 2005 in ...
DatesName Of ExpositionCountry [2]City [2]01/2023 – 04/2023 (canceled)Argentina10/2021 – 03/2022United Arab Emirates06/2017 – 09/2017Kazakhstan05/2015 – 10/2015Italy- History
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In 1791, Prague organized the first World's Fair in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic). The first industrial exhibition was on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as a king of Bohemia, which took place in Clementinum, and celebrated the considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods in the Czech landsduring that time period. France ...
At present there are two types of international exhibition: World Expos (formally known as International Registered Exhibitions) and Specialised Expos (formally known as International Recognised Exhibitions). World Expos, previously known as universal expositions, are the biggest category events. At World Expos, participants generally build their o...
List of official world expositions (Universal and International/Specialised/Horticultural) according to the Bureau International des Expositions.
Most of the structures are temporary and are dismantled after the fair closes, except for landmark towers. By far the most famous of these is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Exposition Universelle (1889). Although it is now the most recognized symbol of its host city Paris, there were contemporary critics opposed to its construction, and demands fo...
Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D., eds. (2008). Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland.Geppert, Alexander C. T. (2010). Fleeting Cities: Imperial Expositions in Fin-de-Siècle Europe. Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave Macmillan.Geppert, Alexander C. T., World's Fairs, EGO – European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, 2018, retrieved: 8 March 2021 (PDF).López César, Isaac; Estévez-Cimadevila, Javier (2018). "World Expos. Five structural approaches". Estoa. 7 (13): 7–22. doi:10.18537/est.v007.n013.a1. hdl:2183/20872.Expo Bids: The World's Fair Bid Tracker Archived 4 February 2020 at the Wayback MachineInformation about bids for future world's fairsPeople also ask
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Feb 2, 2021 · Alphabetical List of World's Fairs by City; Chronological List by Decades; Digital Objects; World's Fairs Never Held by Date; World's Fairs Never Held by City; List of Videos; Leighton Collection; Richard Barnhart Papers; Bibliographies; Other Libraries/Collections; Links
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Feb 2, 2021 · 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 ...
May 1, 2015 · May 1, 2015. World’s fairs exist to provide a glimpse into the future. They showcase technological breakthroughs like the telephone introduced at the 1876 Philadelphia exposition and the...
