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1893 Chicago. The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the ...
Demolished. May 11, 1906. Cost. $385,000 [ 1 ] Height. 80.4 metres (264 ft) Known for. World's first Ferris Wheel. The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, [ 2 ][ 3 ] was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago ...
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states, and nearly 350 American companies.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 October 2024. Large international exhibition Poster advertising the Brussels International Exposition in 1897 A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held ...
hide. (Top) List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. United States Section, Room 3. United States Section, Room 7. Chicago hosted the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World. Artists from the United States and ...
Expo '74, officially known as the International Exposition on the Environment, Spokane 1974, [ 3 ] was a world's fair held May 4, 1974, to November 3, 1974, in Spokane, Washington in the northwest United States. [ 2 ] It was the first environmentally themed world's fair [ 4 ] and attended by roughly 5.6 million people. [ 3 ]
Exposition Universelle (1889) The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.
The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is an exhibition center in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is among the largest exhibition centers in the Northeastern United States, with approximately 516,000 square feet (47,900 m 2) of contiguous exhibition space. [ 1 ] The main exhibition floor comprises three bays which can be ...