Daniel Burnham – Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
Apr. 12, 2025: “Daniel Burnham’s Chicago” (Glen Ellyn, IL)| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
Apr. 12, 2025: “Daniel Burnham’s Chicago” (Glen Ellyn, IL)| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
SUMMARY: The lion sculptures by Edward Kemeys that stand in front of the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) are not cast from sculptures at the 1893 World’s Fair. This misinformation, which appears to have originated in the late 1980s, now permeates descriptions of these iconic Chicago mascots in institutional, popular, and scholarly sources. Eight pairs| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
In 1896, L. Frank Baum and two other writers imagined a World's Fair in Chicago in the year 2000. Did their futurist predictions come true?| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
