Exhibition Details
Marking the sixty-year anniversary of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair (NYWF), A Billion Dollar Dream revisits the Fair through an environmental, social, and political lens. This exhibition takes a fresh look at the Fair’s legacy and impact on American culture by placing materials from the Queens Museum’s collection in dialogue with the context of concurrent domestic issues, international politics, and cultural events.
Additional Details
By considering the impact of the Fair as both a market-driven and socio-cultural propagandistic tool, this show reframes the impact of the Fair by placing its often-discussed imaginative innovation within a larger historical framework. This is a snapshot, not a comprehensive overview, of the Fair’s contents and its context. Sixty years ago, the NYWF forever changed the landscape of American culture, marking the hearts and minds of over 50 million visitors.
Location
Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Long Island City, NY 11368
Image: Detail from The “Zookeeper” overlooking the Autofare Zoo at the Chrysler Pavilion with children in the foreground, c. 1964. C-print. Provenance research in-progress / photo by Thomas Barratt