The Kentucky Exposition Center is getting a $393 million renovation. The project will kick off next year and will be completed in two phases. The renovation will increase the venue’s “Class A” space ...
Chicago has played host to many expositions in the city’s history — perhaps most notably to the Columbian Exposition, often called the World’s Fair of 1893. In what is now known as Jackson Park, the ...
The INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION OF 1909 was a massive exhibit of Cleveland manufacture that showcased the products of Cleveland industries. The exhibition, planned in 1908 by the Chamber of Commerce as an ...
GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION (1936-37) Planned to coincide with the centennial of Cleveland's incorporation and help draw the city out of the Great Depression, by the time the Great Lakes Exposition had ...
Midget Village, on stage in front of a crowd, Balboa Park Expo 1935-36. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Historical Society) Balboa Park in San Diego is widely celebrated for its stunning gardens, ...
The Exposition’s poster, designed by Robert Bonfils. ImageCourtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum The end of the First World War did not mark the end of struggle in Europe. France, as the primary ...
On June 1, 1905, nearly 40,000 people turned out for the opening day of Portland’s only “World’s Fair.” Today, it is all long gone. This image from 1905 shows the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds ...
Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it began, with the 1925 exposition in Paris. We take a look at 10 stand-out structures built for the landmark event, which catapulted art deco onto the ...
The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition celebrated the 100th anniversary of the production, manufacture, and commerce of cotton. Held in New Orleans, it opened on December 16, 1884, ...