CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Columbian Exposition, or 1893 World's Fair, is still considered by many to be Chicago's greatest entertainment achievement. The Union League Club is bringing some of those old ...

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

Like others before it, the 1893 World’s Fair was where inventors from around the world could show off countless new gadgets. But Chicago stands out for the tremendous breadth of its offerings ...

The Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday plans to re-create a photo taken on Dec. 8, 1893, when the landmark building on Michigan Avenue first opened its doors as a museum.

With photos and artifacts, historian Robert Dion conducted a visual tour of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair March 7 at GreenFields of Geneva senior living community.

Finney, as a longtime fan of the fair, wanted to commemorate the 125th anniversary in 2018. So, he started to acquire photos from an antique book that was released in 1893 to promote the event.

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 ...

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

In 1895, William Potts (a New Englander who visited the World`s Columbian Exposition of 1893) described it as ”the great show in Chicago.” He wrote, ”You cannot help remembering, if you were ...