July-September, 2018: “Glory of Germania” on Display at DANK Haus in Chicago

A German ceramic tile tableau exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair is back on display for a limited time at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center in Chicago. The Glory of Germania is an 18-by-12-foot tableau constructed of 1,057 individual tiles displayed with the German exhibit inside the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. (See our full post here.) After 93 years on display in the Germania Club of Chicago and another 32 [...]

By |2022-03-05T10:29:38-06:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , |1 Comment
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July 1-Sept. 30, 2018: “John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age” at the Art Institute of Chicago

A new exhibit running at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) has reunited a set of paintings by John Singer Sargent that were on display at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age features approximately 100 objects from the AIC’s collection, private collections, and public institutions. Among them are four of the nine portrait paintings that Sargent exhibited inside the Palace of Fine Arts of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition: • Mother and [...]

By |2022-03-05T10:36:39-06:00July 22nd, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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Aug. 9, 2018: A World of Innovation Exploring the Inventions and Engineering of the 1893 World’s Fair

The Chicago Engineers' Foundation (CEF) is hosting a Columbian Exposition event titled A World of Innovation: Exploring the Inventions and Engineering of the 1893 World's Fair on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 12-1:30 PM at the Union League Club of Chicago. With a mission to encourage and empower the next generation of engineers, the CEF is one of the three foundations with a home at the Union League Club. A World of Innovation is part of a series of [...]

By |2024-09-23T08:14:04-05:00July 21st, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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July 21, 2018: “World’s Fare” at Chicago Athletic Association

Experience Columbian cuisine on July 21 at “World’s Fare” held in the new pop-up bar at the historic Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) hotel. To celebrate the exhibition “John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age” running now at the Art Institute of Chicago, the CAA has created a Sargent-themed bar called “Dear Carmencita” (named after Sargent's 1890 painting La Carmencita in the exhibit), which is open from 5 pm to midnight between July 12 and August 5. On Saturday, July [...]

By |2024-04-22T08:53:50-05:00July 20th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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July-Sept, 2018: University of Kansas celebrates Dyche’s Panorama

Few full exhibits from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition remained intact after the close of the fair. A notable exception is the “Exhibit of Large North American Mammals” that was on display inside the Kansas State Building. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is home to the display, which is the subject of a series of events this summer to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Professor Lewis Lindsay Dyche created the panorama to showcase the university’s natural-history and taxidermy [...]

By |2023-04-09T08:58:14-05:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Aug. 11, 2018 Ride Like the Devil in a “Devil in the White City” Bike Tour (Chicago)

The Chicago History Museum is offering a “Ride Like the Devil: a Devil in the White City Bike Tour” on August 11, 2018, from 9 am to noon. Cycle back to 1893, pedal past sites related to the World’s Fair, and discover its lasting influence on Chicago. Along the way, tour guide Greg Borzo, author of Where to Bike Chicago, will uncover Daniel Burnham’s grand plans and the devilish doings of H. H. Holmes. The route will take riders [...]

By |2022-07-08T09:59:44-05:00July 11th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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Chicago History Museum Members Open House 2018

We are enthusiastic supporters of the Chicago History Museum here at WorldsFairChicago1893.com. The museum (formerly known as the Chicago Historical Society) owns a collection filled with interesting and rare items pertaining to the 1893 World’s Fair. The museum’s regular displays of WCE artifacts can be viewed in the “Chicago Crossroads” exhibit, and a stunning miniature view of the Court of Honor on the Grand Basin resides in the Chicago Dioramas room. The CHM Research Center provided access to one [...]

By |2018-07-07T12:46:15-05:00July 7th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), NEWS|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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July 12, 2018: National Automobile Museum talk on 1893 World’s Fair Products

The National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, will be hosting a talk and discussion on popular products introduced during the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Clothing historian Carolyn Runnells will present a 30-minute talk followed by a Q&A as part of the Museum’s “Second Thursday Talks” series. The event will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2018, from 1:30-2 p.m. in the Museum's theater. Last April, the Museum held an 1893 World’s Mini-Fair.

By |2024-09-22T12:16:44-05:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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June 21, 2018: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Ferris Wheel in Chicago and Santa Monica

UPDATE 6/21/2018: Navy Pier has cancelled this event: https://navypier.org/event/125th-anniversary-ferris-wheel/ The great Ferris Wheel opened to the public on Thursday June 21, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Marking this anniversary will be celebrations of the Ferris Wheel at two of America’s most famous piers. Chicago’s Navy Pier and Santa Monica Pier will each commemorate George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.’s famous feat of engineering, which reached 264 feet into the sky above the Midway Plaisance. The festivities at Navy [...]

By |2022-03-05T10:25:51-06:00June 8th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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June 16, 2018: It’s Your Park Day (with tour) on Midway Plaisance

June 16, 2018, is "It's Your Park Day" in Chicago, the the Chicago Parks Foundation's annual citywide volunteer day, celebrating Chicago's beautiful green spaces and the communities who support them. One site includes Midway Plaisance Park, site of the great Midway attraction of the 1893 World's Fair. In addition to a park clean-up (all morning), there will be a free historical walking tour to mark the 125th anniversary of the World's Columbian Exhibition and the first Ferris Wheel located [...]

By |2018-07-02T16:02:32-05:00June 2nd, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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