History of the Universal

Exhibition:

1900 - 2015

Paris, 1900

Name: Paris international Theme: Evaluation of a century Participating countries: 58 Period: April, 14th – November 12th

1900 Number of visitors: 48 130 300

St Louis, 1904

Name: Louisiana Purchase Theme: Louisiana Purchase Participating countries: 63 Period: April, 30th – December, 1st 1904 Number of visitors: 20 000 000

Liège, 1905

Name: Liege International Theme: Belgian Independence Participating countries: 29 Period: April, 27th – November 6th 1905 Number of visitors: 7 000 000

Milan, 1906

Name: Milan International Theme: Transportation Participating countries: 40 Period: April, 28th –

November 11th 1906 Number of visitors: 4 000 000

Turin, 1911

Name: Turin International Theme: Industry and Labor Participating countries: 30 Period: 1911 Number of visitors: 4 000 000

San Francisco, 1915

Name: Panama Pacific International Theme: Inauguration of the Panama

Canal and Celebrating the Opening of the

Panama Canal Participating countries: 32 Period: March,2nd – September, 4th 1915 Number of visitors: 19 000 000

Barcelona , 1929

Name: Barcelona International Theme: Arts and Industry Participating countries: 20 Period: May, 20th 1929– January 30th

1930 Number of visitors: 4 000 000

Chicago, 1933

Name: Century of Progress Theme: Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms Participating countries: 16 Period: May, 27th – November 1st 1933 Number of visitors: 48 000 000

Paris, 1937

Name: Paris International Theme: Arts and Technology in modern

life Participating countries: 44 Period: May, 25th – November, 25th 1937 Number of visitors: 31 000 000

New York, 1939

Name: New York world’s fair Theme: Building the world of tomorrow Participating countries: 60 Period: April, 30th – October, 31st 1939 Number of visitors: 45 000 000

Brussels, 1958

Name: Brussels world’s fair Theme: A more human world Participating countries: 44 Period: April, 17th – October 19th 1958 Number of visitors: 41 000 000

Montréal, 1967

Name: Expo ‘67 Theme: Man and his world Participating countries: 60 Period: April, 21st– October 27th 1967 Number of visitors: 50 000 000

Osaka, 1970

Name: Expo ‘70 Theme: Progress and Harmony for Mankind Participating countries: 78 Period: March, 15th – September,13th

1970 Number of visitors: 64 000 000 Mascot:

Sevilla,1992

Name: Expo ‘92 Theme: The Age of Discovery Participating countries: 108 Period: April, 20th – October 12th 1992 Number of visitors: 41 814 571 Mascot: Curro

Hanover, 2000

Name: Expo 2000 Theme: Man, Nature, Technology Participating countries: 180 Period: June, 1st – October 31st 2000 Number of visitors: 18 000 000 Mascot: Twipsy

Shanghai, 2010

Name: Expo 2010 Theme: Better City – Better Life Participating countries: 192 Period: May, 1st – October 31st 2010 Number of visitors: 73 000 000 Mascot: Haibao

Milan, 2015

Name: Expo 2015 Theme: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life Participating countries: 140 Period: May, 1st – October 31st 2015 Number of visitors: to be announced Mascot: Foody

Things to remember

1st universal exhibition in London in 1851 29 universal exhibitions between 1851

and 2015 The most visited: Shanghai (73 million

people) The biggest: Shanghai The most represented: Shanghai (192

participating countries) The 1st Mascot: in Osaka in 1970 The next exhibition in Dubai in 2020