Cassatt, who was an American painter living in Paris, was commissioned to create the mural, “Modern Woman,” for the fair’s ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years ...

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The 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition was hosted by Chicago just a couple decades after the entire city burned down, and it put the city back on the world map. The World's Fair, as it's also known, ...

Journey back to the “White City” – the 1893 World’s Fair that put Chicago on the map. A mere two decades after a devastating fire leveled much of the city, Chicago prevailed in a fierce competition to ...