SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
WORLD'S FAIRS HELD 1881-1890

1881

• Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
  • International Cotton Exposition
• Budapest, Hungary
  • Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás
    • x Exposition hongroise industrielle des ouvrages des femmes

1882

• Bordeaux, France
  • Exposition internationale des vins
    • x Exposition générale
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Exposición Continental Sud-Americana

1883

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Internationale, Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel-Tentoonstelling
• Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A
  • Southern Exposition
• New York, New York, U.S.A
  • World's Fair [never held]

1883-1884

• Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations
    • x Foreign Exhibition
• Calcutta, India
  • International Exhibition

1884

• Edinburgh, Scotland
  • International Forestry Exhibition
• St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • St. Louis Exposition
• Turin, Italy
  • Esposizione generale italiana

1884-1885

• New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
  • World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

1885

• Antwerp, Belgium
  • Exposition universelle
• London, England
  • International Exhibition of Inventions
    • x International Inventions Exhibition
• Wellington, New Zealand
  • New Zealand Industrial Exhibition

1885-1886

• New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
  • North, Central and South American Exposition

1886

• Edinburgh, Scotland
  • International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
• Liverpool, England
  • International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry
    • x International Shipping Exhibition
• London, England
  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition

1887

• London, England
  • American Exhibition

1887-1888

• Adelaide, Australia
  • Jubilee International Exhibition
• Rome, Italy
  • Esposizione mondiale

1888

• Barcelona, Spain
  • Exposición Universal
• Brussels, Belgium
  • Grand Concours internationale des sciences et de l'industrie
    • x Exposition rétrospective d'art industriel
• Glasgow, Scotland
  • International Exhibition
• Lisbon, Portugal
  • Exposição Industrial Portugueza

1888-1889

• Melbourne, Australia
  • Centennial International Exhibition

1889

• Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
  • International Industrial Fair
• Paris, France
  • Exposition universelle

1890

• Bremen, Germany
  • Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung

note: x denotes variant name(s) for a fair