Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Winnetka-Northfield Library District will host Mark Alvey, speaking on “From Fair to Field: The Field Museum’s Roots in the Columbian Exposition.” Mr. Alvey of the Field Museum will present a talk on the origin of the Field Columbian Museum, which opened in June 1894, with approximately 50,000 objexts from the 1893 World’s Fair.

The event runs from 7-8 PM in the Northfield Library (1785 Orchard Lane in Northfield, IL) and is free and open to the public. Registration is required and capacity is limited.

The building that originally nserved as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World’s Fair became the home of the Field Columbian Museum in 1894. In the early 1930s the crumbling structure was rebuilt for the new Museum of Science and Industry. [Image from MSI.]