{"id":373868,"date":"2026-10-15T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/373868\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:28:58","slug":"worlds-fair-visible-storage-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/373868\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Fair Visible Storage &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens Museum\u2019s World\u2019s Fair Visible Storage presents objects from the\u00a0Museum\u2019s collection related to the 1939\u20131940 and 1964\u20131965 New York\u00a0World\u2019s Fairs. From the \u201cWorld of Tomorrow\u201d to \u201cPeace Through\u00a0Understanding,\u201d the\u00a0Fairs presented idealized visions of the future through\u00a0architecture, technology, industry, and global culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An installation of framed artworks has recently been added to the Visible\u00a0Storage presentation, offering another perspective on the artistic and visual\u00a0culture surrounding the Fairs. Together with the objects on view, these works\u00a0invite visitors to consider how the World\u2019s Fairs shaped and continue to shape\u00a0our ideas about the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explore a new presentation of objects from the Museum\u2019s collection inspired by\u00a0travelling to and within the fairgrounds of the 1939\u20131940 and 1964\u20131965 New\u00a0York World\u2019s Fairs.\u00a0Maps of New York City, pamphlets, and advertisements were vital marketing\u00a0tools for both Fairs, shaping how visitors navigated and experienced the\u00a0fairgrounds. A number of these materials are on display for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-215265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/X42_Hfpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explore a new presentation of objects from the Museum\u2019s collection\u00a0from\u00a0the 1939\u20131940 and 1964\u20131965 New York World\u2019s Fairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queens Museum\u2019s World\u2019s Fair Visible Storage presents objects from the\u00a0Museum\u2019s collection related to the 1939\u20131940 and 1964\u20131965&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-373868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}