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1933–1934 – Chicago, Illinois, United States [108] – Century of Progress International Exposition [109] 1934 – Melbourne, Australia – Centenary All Australian Exhibition; 1934 – Porto, Portugal – Portuguese colonial exhibition [95] [109] 1934 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair [109]
The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (worldsfairchicago1893.com). A standalone website that covers all aspects of the Exposition; Chicago 1893 is a media project about the Exposition which includes a book, film, and augmented reality; The Columbian Exposition in American culture.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Large international exhibition Poster advertising the Brussels International Exposition in 1897 A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in ...
From October 2010 through September 2011, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. opened an exhibition titled Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s. [42] This exhibition prominently featured the Century of Progress fair in Chicago.
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
During the World's Columbian Exposition, all acquired specimens and objects were on display; [75] the purpose of the World's Fair was exhibition of these materials. For example, just after opening of the Columbian Museum of Chicago, the mollusk collection occupied one entire exhibit hall, displaying 3,000 species of mollusks on about 1,260 ...
Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893. The Woman's Building was designed and built in June 1892, for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893; under the auspices of the Board of Lady Managers. [1] Out of the twelve main buildings for the Exhibition, the Woman's Building was the first to be completed. [2]
EXPO CHICAGO is an international contemporary and modern art exhibition held each year in Chicago, Illinois. In 2012, it subsumed the role of Art Chicago, which was Chicago's longest-running major contemporary art exposition, [ 1 ] running from 1980 until its cancelation after the 2011 fair due to financial problems.