The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum's 35,000-item collection. About 1,000 images have been ...

The Field Museum is digging into its century-old archive to explain to the world what the 1893 Columbian Exposition was all about.

The 1893 World's Fair's Palace of Fine Arts is better known as the Museum of Science and Industry today. Photo: William Henry Jackson / via Flickr. 120 years ago this summer, you'd probably be ...

The world flocked to Chicago in 1893, eager to marvel at the world’s first Ferris wheel, ... The fair’s Palace of Fine Arts now houses Chicago’s stunning Museum of Science and Industry.

The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition — the World's Fair that gave Chicago one of the stars on the city flag — kicked off 125 years ago Tuesday.

A rare vase from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair was thought to be lost. Turns out it was at a California seafood restaurant.

Opening the Vaults: Wonders of the 1893 World's Fair is currently at The Field Museum through September 7, 2014. Imagine a city a buzz with construction, tourists and wonders of the world being ...

Archives: Front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune on May 1, 1893, the day the World’s Fair opened “ Flashback: Long before parking lot talk, the Midway Plaisance was all about fun “ ...

To encourage attendance, organizers of 1893 World s Fair made different tickets for themed days; Chicago Day was one. A ticket to the fair cost 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for children younger ...

Dust off that copy of The Devil in the White City, Chicago: Logan Square cocktail bar the Meadowlark has unveiled a new drink menu whisking patrons through the grand sprawl of the 1893 World’s ...

CHICAGO — If you’ve ever wanted to travel back in time to the 1893’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, one resident’s mission has been to make that possible. Michael Finney has alw… ...