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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    Expositions 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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