Behind the Curtain
dal 26/7/2014 al 17/10/2014
Segnalato da
26/7/2014
Behind the Curtain
Queens Museum of Art, New York
Collecting the New York Fairs. The exhibition reveals little known artifacts and souvenirs drawn from national and regional private collections, as well as the museum's own.
Over a fourteen month period, Behind the Curtain: Collecting the New York Fairs will reveal little known artifacts and souvenirs drawn from national and regional private collections, as well as the museum’s own.
Loans from the 1939-40 fair include a Kan-O-Seat signed by Billy Rose, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Rudy Valle, Abbott & Costello, J. Edgar Hoover and others, the guest book from the British Pavilion with the signatures of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England, and a member’s badge from the Society of American Magicians (who also performed at the 1964 fair).
From 1964-65, a newly restored Cushman 3-wheeled Scooter joins a baby brontosaurus from the family that resided in GM’s Futurama, Mold-a-rama machines that produced plastic vacuum-formed Unispheres and the only known Picturephone from the Bell System Pavilion.
Recent acquisitions from the museum’s collection include two marvelous photo albums from the 1939 fair, a Boy Scout jacket and ephemera preserved from a boy’s week working at the 1964 Boy Scouts of America pavilion, and original blueprints of the proposed Willets Point Boulevard subway station addition and the proposed World’s Fair district map, 1936.
Behind the Curtain: Collecting the New York Fairs has been organized by Louise Weinberg, Registrar, Archives Manager and Curator.
Press contact:
Diya Vij, Communications and Digital Media Manager: 718.592.9700 x 126 Diya@queensmuseum.org
Queens Museum
New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY 11368
Hours:
Wednesday through Sunday 12-6pm
Suggested Admission
$8 for adults and children over 12
$4 for students and seniors
Children under 12 attend for free