Queens Museum: ‘A Billion Dollar Dream: The 1964 – 1965 New York World’s Fair’ / Exhibit Opens, Nov 3rd

A Billion Dollar Dream: The 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair

on its 60th Anniversary

—– opens on Sunday, November 3, 2024!

Join us for an afternoon celebration featuring exhibition walkthroughs, drop-in workshops for families and adult art making, Panorama tours, and more.

Inspired by the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair’s Belgian Pavilion, authentic Belgian Liege waffles served with fresh strawberries and whipped cream will be available for purchase from the Museum’s Unisphere Cafe by The August Tree.

Schedule:

– 1:00pm–4:00pm: Drop-in family art making workshops

– 1:30pm: Tour of The Panorama of the City of New York

– 2:00pm–3:00pm: A Billion Dollar Dream walkthrough

– 2:00pm–4:00pm: New New Yorkers drop-in adult art making workshops

– 3:00pm–4:00pm: Tours of Cameron A. Granger: 9999, Nsenga Knight: Close to Home, and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz: Buenos Vecinos. These tours will explore each artist’s responses to the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair archive at the Queens Museum.

– 3:30pm: Spanish language tour of The Panorama of the City of New York

Celebrate!

¡A Billion Dollar Dream («Un sueño de mil millones de dólares»): el 60º Aniversario de la Feria Mundial de 1964-1965 en Nueva York comienza el domingo, 3 de noviembre de 2024! Únase a nuestra tarde de celebración con recorridos por la exposición, talleres de arte para toda la familia y de creación artística para adultos, visitas guiadas por El Panorama y muchas cosas más.Inspirados en el Pabellón Belga de la Feria Mundial de Nueva York de 1964-1965, los auténticos gofres belgas de Lieja servidos con fresas frescas y crema batida estarán disponibles para su compra en el Unisphere Café del August Tree.

Horarios:

– 1:00pm–4:00pm: Talleres de arte para toda la familia

– 1:30pm: Visita guiada del Panorama de la Ciudad de Nueva York

– 2:00pm–3:00pm: Recorrido por A Billion Dollar Dream («Un sueño de mil millones de dólares»)

– 2:00pm–4:00pm: Talleres de creación artística para adultos sin necesidad de reserva, organizados por New New Yorkers

– 3:00pm–4:00pm: Visitas guiadas de Cameron A. Granger: 9999, Nsenga Knight: Close to Home y Catalina Schliebener Muñoz: Buenos Vecinos. En estas visitas se explorarán las respuestas de cada artista al archivo de la Feria Mundial de 1964-1965 en Nueva York del Queens Museum.

– 3:30pm: Visita guiada en español del Panorama de la Ciudad de Nueva York

¡Celebrar!

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A Billion Dollar Dream: The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair on its 60th Anniversary is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Con Edison. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Queens Museum Exhibitions Circle.

The Queens Museum is housed in the New York City Building, which is owned by the City of New York.

The Museum is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Mayor Eric Adams, the Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and the New York City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne E. Adams.

Major funding is generously provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Hearst Foundations, Jerome Foundation, Lambent Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, Mellon Foundation, E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, New York Community Trust, Richmond County Savings Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Image in gif: The “Zookeeper” overlooking the Autofare Zoo at the Chrysler Pavilion with children in the foreground, c. 1964. C-print. Provenance research in-progress.

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