World's Fair
Global showcase event
A World's Fair is a large international exposition showcasing cultural, technological, and industrial achievements from nations around the globe.
These events—also called world expositions or expos—have introduced landmarks and innovations: the Eiffel Tower, the Ferris wheel, television demonstrations.
The 1939 World's Fair imagined the city of tomorrow.
Host cities compete for the honor and use the events to signal modernization or global status.
- Great Exhibition1851 London industrial showcase
- Eiffel TowerIron lattice monument, Paris
- early computersFirst electronic calculating machines
- Space NeedleSeattle's flying saucer tower
- cultural diplomacyInternational relations through arts
midway · fairground rides · Crystal Palace · temporary structures · art exhibitions · iconic landmarks · futuristic designs · geodesic dome · medical technologies · peace initiatives · opening ceremony · host city · cultural festivals · folk performances · Ferris · 1939 · Chicago · language diversity
- Midwest historyChicago, Detroit, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Ohio River
- 1890s1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
- exhibitionsexhibitions, exhibits, exhibit, exhibition, expo
- fairsfairgrounds, rides, booths, stalls, vendors
- global eventsOlympics, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games
- SeattleSpace Needle, Pike Place Market, Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, Mariners
World's Faircounty fair
Regional harvest celebration
village fête · church bazaar · town market · state fair · craft fair