Latin America at the World's
Fair
The nations of Latin America
have exhibited at World's Fairs and International Expositions as listed
below. Please follow appropriate links for descriptions and photographs
of pavilions and exhibits.
1851 Great Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of All Nations London, England
1853 Great Industrial Exhibition Dublin,
Ireland
1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All
Nations New York City, USA
1855 Exposition Universelle Paris,
France
1862 International Exhibition London,
England
1865 International Exhibition of
Arts and Manufactures Dublin, Ireland
1867 Exposition Universelle Paris,
France
1871 London International Exhibition
London, England
1873 Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
Vienna
1876 Centennial Exposition Philadelphia,
USA
1878 Exposition Universelle Paris,
France
1879 Sydney International Exhibition
Sydney, Australia
1880 Melbourne International Exhibition
Melbourne, Australia
1881 International Cotton Exposition
Atlanta, USA
1883 Internationale Koloniale
En Untvoerhandel Tentoonstellung Amsterdam, Netherlands
1883 American Exhibition of the Products,
Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations Boston, USA
1883 Calcutta International Exhibition
Calcutta, India
1883 Southern Exposition Louisville,
USA
1884 World's Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition New Orleans, USA
1885 Exposition Universelle D'Anvers
Antwerp, Belgium
1886 International Exhibition of Industry,
Science and Art Edinburgh, Scotland
1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition
London, England
1887 Jubilee International Exhibition
Adelaide, Australia
1888 Exposicio Universal De Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
1888 Glasgow International Exhibition
Glasgow, Scotland
1888 Centennial International Exhibition
Melbourne, Australia
1889 Exposition Universelle Paris,
France
1889 New Zealand and South Sea Exhibition
Dunedin, New Zealand
1891 Jamaica International Exhibition
Kingston, Jamaica
1893 World Columbian Exposition Chicago,
USA
1894 Exposition
Internationale D'Anvers Antwerp, Belgium
1894 California Midwinter International Exposition San
Francisco, USA
1895 Cotton States and International Exposition Atlanta,
USA
1897 Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
1897 Exposicion Centroamericana Guatemala City,
Guatemala
1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
Nashville, USA
1897 All Manna Konst-Och Industriutstallningen Stockholm,
Sweden
1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Omaha, USA
1900 Exposition Universelle Paris,
France
1901 Pan American Exposition Buffalo,
USA
1901 Glasgow
International Exhibition Glasgow, Scotland
1901 South Carolina, Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
Charleston, USA
1902 Exposition Francais et Internationale Hanoi,
Indochina
1904 Louisiana Purchase International Exposition Saint
Louis, USA
1905 Exposition Universelle et Internationale Leige,
Belgium
1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition
and Oriental Fair Portland, USA
1906 L'Exposizione Internazionale del Sempione Milan,
Italy
1906 New
Zealand International Exhibition of Arts and Industries Christchurch,
New Zealand
1907 Irish International Exhibition Dublin, Ireland
1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
Jamestown, USA
1908 Franco-British Exhibition London, England
1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle,
USA
1910 Exposition Universelle Brussels,
Belgium
1910 Nanking South Seas Exhibition Nanking, China
1911 Festival of Empire London, England
1913 Exposition Universelle et Industrielle Ghent,
Belgium
1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition San
Francisco, USA
1915 Panama California Exposition San Diego, USA
1918 Bronx International Exposition New York City,
USA
1922 Exposicao Internacional do Centenario do Brasil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1924 British Empire Exhibition Wembley, England
1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels
Modernes Paris, France
1925 New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition
Dunedin, New Zealand
1926 Sesquicentennial International
Exposition Philadelphia, USA
1928 Pacific Southwest Exposition Long Beach,
USA
1929 Exposicion Internacional de Barcelona Barcelona,
Spain
1929 Exposicion Ibero-Americana Seville, Spain
1930 Exposition Internationale Coloniale, Maritime et D'Art
Flammand Antwerp, Belgium
1931, Exposition Coloniale Internationale Paris,
France
1933 Century of Progress Exposition Chicago,
USA
1935 Exposition Universelle et Internationale Brussels,
Belgium
1935 California Pacific International Exposition San
Diego, USA
1936 Empire Exhibition Johannesburg, South Africa
1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans
la Vie Moderne Paris, France
1938 British Empire Exhibition Glasgow, Scotland
1939 New York World's Fair New
York City, USA
1939 Golden Gate International
Exposition San Francisco, USA
1939 New Zealand Centennial Exhibition Wellington,
New Zealand
1940 Exposicao do Mundo Portugues Lisbon, Portugal
1949 Exposition Internationale du Bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1955 Feria Internacional para la Paz y la Fraternidad
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic
1958 Exposition Universelle Brussels,
Belgium
1962 Century 21 Exposition Seattle,
USA
1964 New York World's Fair New
York City, USA
1967 Expo '67 Montreal,
Canada
1968 Hemisfair '68 San
Antonio, USA
1970 Expo '70 Osaka,
Japan
1974 Expo '74 Spokane,
USA
1975 International Ocean Exposition Okinawa, Japan
1982 World Energy Exposition Knoxville,
USA
1984 Louisiana World Exposition New
Orleans, USA
1985 Expo '85 Tsukuba, Japan
1986 Expo '86 Vancouver,
Canada
1988 World Expo '88 Brisbane, Australia
1988 Glasgow Garden Festival Glasgow, Scotland
1992 Seville International
Exposition Seville, Spain
1993 Expo '93 Taejon, Korea
1998 Expo '98 Lisbon,
Portugal
2000 Expo 2000 Hanover,
Germany
2005 Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan
Special thanks to the following libraries for lending materials used in
this project: The Library of the University of Texas at Austin, the University
of Maryland Libraries, the Skillman Library of Lafayette College and the
Libraries of the Smithsonian Institution.
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