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World's FairFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For a listing of World Fairs, see "List of world's fairs".A World's Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. The official sanctioning body is the Bureau of International Expositions (usually abbreviated BIE, from the organization's name in French, Bureau International des Expositions). BIE-approved fairs are divided into a number of types: universal, and international or specialized. They usually last for between 3 and 6 months. In addition, countries can hold their own 'fair', 'exposition', or 'exhibition', without BIE endorsement. Unisphere From The 1964 World's Fair in NYC a few years after the fair had ended.Contents [hide]1 Universal expositions2 International or specialized expositions3 After the fair4 USA membership5 See also6 External links[edit]Universal expositionsUniversal Expositions encompass universal themes that affect the full gamut of human experience. These Universal Expos usually have themes based on which pavilions are made to represent the country's opinion on that theme. The theme for the 2005 Expo in Japan was "nature's wisdom". Universal expositions are usually held less frequently than specialized or international expositions because they are more expensive. To distinguish them from lesser fairs, they require total design of pavilion buildings from the ground up. As a result, nations compete for the most outstanding or memorable structure—recent examples include Japan, France, Morocco & Spain at Expo '92. Recent Universal Expositions include Brussels Expo '58, Seattle Expo '62, known as the Century 21 Exposition, Montreal Expo '67, San Antonio HemisFair '68, Osaka Expo '70,Spokane Expo '74, Knoxville, Tennessee Expo '82, New Orleans Expo '84, Vancouver, British Columbia Expo '86, Brisbane Expo '88, Seville Expo '92, and Hanover Expo 2000. The Expo 2005 was held at Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Sometimes pre-fabricated structures are also used to minimize costs for developing countries or for countries from a geographical block to share space (i.e. Plaza of the Americas at Seville '92).BIE has moved to sanction expos only every five years, starting with the 21st century; with the 1980s and 1990s overflowing with expos back to back, some see this as a means to cut down potential expenditure by participating nations.The rule may apply to all expos, or it may end up that Universal expositions will be restricted to every five years or so, with International or Specialized expositions in the in-between years for countries wishing to celebrate a special event.Bids for both the Specialized Expo 2012 and the Universal Expo 2015 have begun to be accepted by the BIE:2012 (so far) Yeosu (Korea) - was candidate city for the Universal Expo 2010,2015 (so far) Izmir (Turkey) - was host city of the 2005 Summer Universiade.List of hitherto official world expositions according to the BIE[1]:1851 London (United Kingdom)1855 Paris (France)1862 London (United Kingdom)1867 Paris (France)1873 Vienna (Austria)1876 Philadelphia (United States)1878 Paris (France)1880 Melbourne (Australia)1888 Barcelona (Spain)1889 Paris (France)1893 Chicago (United States)1897 Brussels and Stockholm (Sweden)1900 Paris (France)1904 St. Louis (United States)1905 Liège (Belgium)1906 Milan (Italy)1910 Brussels (Belgium)1913 Ghent (Belgium)1915 San Francisco (United States)

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