CAC Live: A Tale of Two Fairs

Did you know Chicago hosted two world's fairs, 40 years apart? Join us on April 29 or May 20 to compare and contrast the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the Century of Progress International Exposition held in 1933.

We often hear about the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and its grand “White City,” but rarely about Chicago’s “other” world’s fair, held 40 years later. While little remains of the Century of Progress International Exposition, we can still compare the two—and discover why one is talked about so much more often than the other today.