The Farm House Museum at Iowa State University in Ames is hosting an online talk on the architectural designs and building innovations that shaped the first sixty years of international expositions, including the 1893 World’s Fair. University of Arizona Professor of Architectural History Lisa D. Schrenk will present “Fantastical Dreamscapes: Architectural Wonders and Innovations at World Expos, 1851 to 1911” on February 27, 2024, from 5- 6 PM (US Central) via Zoom.
Using the link above to register for this free event.
This lecture, co-sponsored by The Institute for the Study of International Expositions (ISIE), is part of the programing for the Museum’s exhibition on “World’s Fairs, Expositions, & Centennial Celebrations of the Victorian Era”, running from February through October, 2024. This exhibition illustrates through objects and narrative the earliest World’s Fair in 1851 London, through several in Paris, and the Centennial and World’s Columbian Exhibitions in the United States.
