Back in 1889, many countries — Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden...

From 200-foot-tall thermometers to 15-ton stoves, massive versions of everyday objects have long been a staple of exhibitions to draw...

The next time you’re asked to produce your photo ID, you can thank (or blame) the 1876 World Expo in Philadelphia. From the very first...

Organized by sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Exhibit of American Negroes” at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris contained 363...

Bandai Namco Holdings built a "Gundam Pavilion" at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka including a 17-meter-tall statue of a robot. Gundam is...

Food is a huge part of the world expo experience. In Osaka, you’ll be able to try everything from Oktoberfest beers to eel pie on top of...

Many of the pavilions at Expo 2025 look like they belong in a remake of “Blade Runner,” with designs and devices straight out of science...

One of the most overwhelming encounters you’ll have at Expo 2025 in Osaka is with the 17-meter-tall statue of Gundam, one of the famed...

World expos can be monster-sized – so it makes sense that some would actually have monsters. At Expo ’70 in Osaka, Asia's first world's...

Corporations have been a major part of world expos almost as much as countries. (Just take a look take a look at the Panasonic,...

A forgotten Art Nouveau master, French painter Georges de Feure showed his work in the Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1900, with...

Soon after Cincinnati opened its first large-scale meatpacking plant in 1818, the Ohio city became famed as "Porkopolis." So prominent...

Chicago had long been famous at Christmas time for the glittering displays in Marshall Field's department store windows. But just a few...

In the history of World Expos there have been three official women’s pavilions before Expo 2025. The first was at the1876 Expo in...

When Queen Victoria visited the Crystal Place on the opening day of the first World’s Fair —the Great Exhibition — in 1851, Her Majesty...

I had to laugh when I saw the Panasonic Group’s pavilion for Expo 2025 in Osaka. When you visit the pavilion— aka “The Land of NOMO” —...

Humans are hardwired to notice light, sound, and motion, and by extension, process, “a series of actions or steps taken in order to...

Known as the “Exposition Girl” for inspiring 1,500 sculptures at San Francisco’s 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE),...

Models of physical objects never fascinate as much as when they are displayed in versions much smaller or much more gigantic than normal....

Product demos have been an integral part of world fair and trade show since the very first world’s fair -The Great Exhibition of the...