Video Gallery
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Experience the Fair’s Ferris Wheel!
See what it felt like to take a ride on the Fair’s most famous attraction—the “Wheel in the Sky”—and get an aerial view of the celebrated “White City!”
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Experience the Fair’s Most Electrifying Exhibit!
Discover the Dynamo, one of the many sparking, smoking—and sometimes scorching—generators that powered the Columbian Exposition and gave many fairgoers their first hair-raising experience with electricity!
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Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair Exhibition OverviewCome take a sneak peek at the many experiences you’ll enjoy in Opening the Vaults: Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair. Through hands-on interactive stations, multimedia presentations, touchable objects, historic photos, and rare artifacts and specimens, you’ll explore how the Fair brought the world to Chicago, and you’ll see how Field Museum scientists continue this mission today. © The Field Museum
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Bringing the Fair to LifeGo behind the scenes of multi-media installations from The Field Museum's "Opening the Vaults: Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair."